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.
Ryan and Wyden Offer Ambitious Health Care Proposal
This morning, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled their proposal to significantly change Medicare, one of the...
Bipartisan Group Introduces Budget Process Reform Improvement Act of 2011
A bipartisan group of Representatives has introduced the Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011 in an effort to provide "improved accuracy and...
MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle December 2011
On Tuesday, December 5, President Obama went to Oswatomie, Kansas, where Teddy Roosevelt in 1910 had made one of his most famous speeches. Democrats...
Tax Policy Center Estimates Newt Gingrich's Tax Plan
A few days ago, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) came out with a distributional and revenue score for Newt Gingrich's tax plan. It is similar to Rick Perry...
A Helpful Budget Breakdown
CBO has gotten into the infographic game this year with some good results. Two days ago they released an infographic containing a basic breakdown of...
Sen. Lieberman Floats Idea on Meaningful Deficit Reduction
Update: Sen. Lieberman's proposed legislation was introduced today. Click here to read CRFB's reaction. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) is floating an...
House Budget Committee Leaders Discuss Budget Reform Today
House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will discuss budget process reform today at 1 pm ET at a...
Paying for the Extenders
With so many provisions set to expire at the end of the year, CRFB has released a new paper that details what lawmakers have to extend and how they...
Line Items: Holidaze Edition
Happy Holidaze – The Christmas trees are up. The lights are lit. The shoppers are roaming the malls. The holiday specials are all over the television...
We Need a War Spending Cap
One of the most popular budget gimmicks in Washington right now is the war savings gimmick. Because CBO assumes that discretionary spending grows with...
Marc Goldwein: How to Pay For the Payroll Tax Cut
In an op-ed for The Atlantic, CRFB Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein made the case for offsetting the costs of the payroll tax cut, AMT patch, and...
Questions for the Candidates
This Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, the Republican presidential candidates will debate for one of the last times before the Iowa caucuses on January 3...