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.
Bank Failures Pass 200 Mark
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional seven banks ( State Bank of Aurora, First Lowndes Bank, Bank of Hiawassee...
House Passes Health Care Bill
Last night, the House passed the Senate health care reform bill by a vote of 219 to 212. In the next couple days, the President will sign the bill...
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: Shortly after the House passed the Senate health care bill, the...
Vote-a-Rama: Stay Tuned for Drama
For the United States Senate, which likes to be referred to as the "Upper Chamber," the term "vote-a-rama" does not sound too dignified. But the term...
Comparing Health Care Reform Bills (Updated Charts and Interactive Graphs)
CRFB has yet again updated its health care comparison chart -- as well as its interactive shareable graphs -- in light of CBO's latest score of the...
Preliminary Estimate of Reconciliation Act from CBO
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the JCT have completed a preliminary estimate of the "spending and revenue effects of an amendment in the...
Blue Dogs Bark: They Want Spending Caps
Attempting to place a leash on federal spending, members of the Blue Dog Coalition are introducing legislation this week to reinstate discretionary...
House Spenders Question Administration Troika on Deficits, Fiscal Commission, and Job Growth
In today’s hearing before the full House Appropriations Committee, the troika (OMB Director Peter Orszag, Treasury Secretary Geithner, and Dr...
Americans Believe Deficit is Largest Looming Problem
For the first time since Gallup has started asking the question, the federal deficit tops the list of problems Americans say the nation will face 25...
Health Bill Increases Discretionary Spending by At Least $65-$75 billion
When we have discussed health care reform, in the past, we have charted and graphed the effects of the bills on direct spending (general mandatory...
Ferguson Warns About U.S. 'Fiscal' Overstretch
In the March/April edition of Foreign Affairs, Niall Ferguson offers an interesting piece on the fall of empires – arguing that most collapses of...
Revisiting Revenue in Ryan's Roadmap
There has been a lot of talk about revenue levels under Paul Ryan's "Roadmap for America's Future" recently. Not only from us ( here, here, and here)...