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.
Bad Ideas Watch: Shutdown/Debt Ceiling Edition
Bipartisan discussions over how to end the partial government shutdown and raise the debt ceiling are coming down to the wire as this week begins...
Boskin Proposes Another Way Out
Today begins week three of the government shutdown, and we are now just days away from when the Treasury will exhaust its borrowing authority and risk...
House Setting Into Motion Farm Bill Conference
Naturally, the country has been consumed by the developments (or lack thereof) in the government shutdown and debt ceiling impasse. But there is some...
Keep Gimmicks Out Of A Deal
As the government shutdown continues into its 11th day, the two parties have just begun having serious negotiations about reopening the government and...
Marc Goldwein: Don’t Believe the Myth That Debt Problem is a Myth
With the recent improvement in medium-term budget projections, some are trying to advance the myth that our debt problems have been solved. But as we...
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas October 10 2013
In yesterday's New York Times, the paper asks in its " Room for Debate" series what federal spending we are better off without in light of the...
Rep. Paul Ryan Floats a Down Payment
In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents a possible down payment on the debt as a way out of...
Kent Conrad: A Way Out Possible
The government is still shut down, and the debt ceiling is looming around the corner. Markets are beginning to worry, and the country is facing its...
MY VIEW: Rudy Penner October 2013
As we draw ever nearer to the projected deadline for hitting the debt ceiling, Congress still has not been able to make a deal. Today, CRFB board...
New Report Finds Abuse of Disability Insurance System
Earlier this week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs convened a hearing addressing fraudulent behavior in the Social...
Another Super Committee?
Update: The Obama Administration has issued a veto threat for the bill, instead preferring that Congress pass a clean CR and debt ceiling increase. As...
Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council Urges Lawmakers to Action
Today, the Fix the Debt Campaign's Congressional Fiscal Leadership Council released an open letter signed by a group of 120 former Members of Congress...