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.
An Update on Our Chained CPI Resources
With the chained CPI becoming a frequent topic among commentators, CRFB has put together a great deal of new analysis, which may be helpful in...
Discretionary Savings in the Bipartisan Path Forward
Over the past few years, lawmakers have made the most progress in discretionary spending in the deficit reduction effort. Additional opportunities for...
Budget Enforcement Provisions in the Bipartisan Path Forward
As we have written before, key elements of the Bipartisan Path Forward focus on reducing the debt as a percentage of GDP over the long term. Bowles...
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson April 2013
Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson (R-WY), the two former co-chairs of the Fiscal Commission, have spent the last two and a half year...
Fact Checking the Harkin Resolution
This week, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a concurring resolution that would establish a sense of Congress that chained CPI should not be used...
How Simpson and Bowles Protect the Disadvantaged
Among the principles outlined by former Fiscal Commission co-chairs Senator Al Simpson and Erskine Bowles in their new plan A Bipartisan Path Forward...
MY VIEW: Maya MacGuineas April 26 2013
Putting debt on a sustainable path has been a key issue in Washington ever since the Fiscal Commission showed that a bold compromise would be needed...
Line Items: Draft Edition
Making the Call – The NFL Draft kicks off Thursday. Unlike previous drafts, there is much uncertainty as to who will go where. Washington is in a...
War Spending as Sequester Replacement? Just Don't Do It
With news yesterday that the Senate might consider a bill to replace the sequester for 2013 with a drawdown of war spending, CRFB reacted in a press...
Tax Reform in A Bipartisan Path Forward
Recent reports from Capitol Hill show momentum for tax reform is building. Both the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees have been...
The President's Budget in the Long Term
Continuing our analysis of the President's FY 2014 budget proposal, we turn to how the President's budget would affect long-term revenues and spending...
New Simpson-Bowles Plan Would Boost Economic Growth, Not Slow It
Some commentators have criticized deficit reduction plans like " A Bipartisan Path Forward" for, in their opinion, promoting austerity at a time when...