Earlier today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its preliminary analysis of President Obama’s FY2012 budget request. In conjunction with CBO’s release, we have published a paper that looks at the President’s budget in the context of CBO’s most recent analysis. In it, we explore the differences between CBO and OMB estimates, the factors contributing to these differences, and what all of this means for our fiscal outlook.

Last week, the White House released the President’s FY 2012 budget proposal.

Last week, the White House released the President’s FY 2012 budget proposal. On Wednesday, CRFB released its analysis of the budget. Today, we take a closer look at the specific proposals found in the budget’s Terminations, Reductions, and Savings.

In our continued analysis of the President’s budget, we now move to a detailed examination of what the budget, if enacted entirely and without future changes, would look like at the end of the 10-year cycle in 2021 and how it will change from today.

Three days after the release of the President's budget, our blog series continues to provide new analysis.

Continuing our analysis of the President's 2012 Budget, we have just published our latest paper that takes a look at the 2012 proposal in more detail.

We go over more specific aspects of the budget, where it makes admirable progress, and where it comes up short. We will be continuing our blog series on the President's proposal throughout the week, so keep checking back with us.

Welcome to our fourth installment in our FY 2012 budget blog series! In this one, we'll focus on any budget process proposals in the budget.

In continuing our discussion of the President's FY 2012 budget proposal, we take a closer look at the recommendations to adjust discretionary spending.

With the much-anticipated release of the FY 2012 President's budget, The Bottom Line will offer detailed analysis of every aspect of the budget in a blog series over the next few days. Our first blog (this one!) will introduce the broad framework.

In response to this morning's release of the President's FY 2012 budget, CRFB has published its initial reaction to the President's proposal. We outline some of the positive and negative aspects of the budget, and note where it could have gone further. According to CRFB president Maya MacGuineas: