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.
The Gang's All Here
The Gang of Six has been working on a fiscal plan for months now, and it appears that they are now ready to step into the debt debate in the eleventh...
Gene Steuerle: Planning for How to Present the Budget in 2013
If you are following the machinations over raising the nation's debt limit, you know that both political parties expect much of the progress on the...
Senator Coburn Introduces New Deficit Reduction Plan
At a press conference earlier this afternoon, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) officially released his deficit reduction plan, Back in Black--not to be confused...
‘Line’ Items: Harry Potter Edition
In Need of Magic – The Harry Potter saga has come to a conclusion with the blockbuster release of the final movie in the series. Sadly, an end the...
Deficit Reduction Helps the Economy, But It Isn't Just a Counting Exercise
CBO recently released its analysis of a hypothetical deficit reduction plan's effect on the economy. They use a $2.4 trillion deficit reduction plan...
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: S&P's Latest Warning
S&P has followed Moody's in issuing the frequent warning about how not raising the debt ceiling by August 2 will affect the U.S.'s credit rating. With...
CNN EXCLUSIVE: Don't give up on grand bargain on debt
In an exclusive op-ed today for CNN, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas urges lawmakers not to give up on trying to use the debt limit increase as an...
Fed Weighs Options on What to Do Next
Appearing before the House Financial Services Committee yesterday, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke signaled that the Fed was keeping all options on the...
Moody's Considers Downgrading U.S. Over Debt Limit Stalemate
Update 7/15: S&P has joined Moody's in issuing new warnings to the United States. Putting the country on "negative watch," S&P warned that it could...
Debt Deal Talks Heading into the 11th Hour
The budget and debt-limit negotiations are approaching the 11th hour. Congressional leaders and the President continue negotiating over a deficit...
Bipartisan Support for the Chained CPI
Talk of switching to the chained CPI for all inflation indexed elements of the federal budget has continued gaining much attention in the past few...
Business Leaders Urge Policymakers to Raise the Debt Ceiling and Enact Long-Term Fiscal Plan
Yesterday, nearly five hundred business leaders and organizations sent a letter to the President and members of Congress joining the chorus of other...