Blog
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Prelude to a Trigger
Both CBO and OMB in the last week released sequestration reports, technical reports that detail whether the government is adhering to discretionary...
An Analysis of Rick Santorum's Tax Plan
After evaluating Mitt Romney's, Newt Gingrich's, Rick Perry's, and Herman Cain's proposals, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) has put out another analysis...
NCSL Urges Washington to Go Big
Earlier this week, the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) released a letter to the President and leaders in Congress, urging them to "...
Debt Ceiling Watch 2011
In order to avoid bumping up against the statutory debt ceiling, the Department of the Treasury has begun undertaking a number of so-called...
Hoyer Reaffirms Membership in Announcement Effect Club
Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (MD) has been a member of CRFB's Announcement Effect Club since June of last year. During a briefing on the Hill yesterday...
Jeff Zients to Serve As Acting OMB Director
Jeff Zients will once again ascend to the role of acting OMB director, according to a blog post on OMB's website. Zients had previously stepped into...
‘Line’ Items: Playoff Edition
Playoffs in Full Swing – The Packers packed it in; the Broncos got busted; the Saints went marching out; and Houston had a problem as the NFL Playoffs...
What Is, and What Should Be, on the Table?
As lawmakers slowly return to town this week and next week, there will be an increasing focus on possible offsets for any extensions to expiring...
Reorganization Reemerges
In last year's State of the Union speech, President Obama promised to reorganize the government by consolidating agencies that had duplicative...
CRFB Board Member Roy Ash Passes Away
CRFB board member Roy L. Ash passed away last month at his home in Los Angeles. Mr. Ash was 93 years old and died of Parkinson's disease. Mr. Ash co...
The Case for Tax Reform: Reducing the IRS's Administrative Burden and the Tax Gap
The Internal Revenue Service report on the 2006 tax gap, showing $385 billion (about 15 percent) of missing revenue, has made its rounds, sparking...
President's Budget Update: Insourcing
The most recent focus of President Obama's initiatives has been on "insourcing," or providing incentives to companies to bring jobs back to the US...