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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.
CRFB Breaks Down the President's Budget
Yesterday, we took our first look at the President's FY 2014 Budget, which put forward the final White House deficit reduction offer to Speaker...
The President's Budget, In One Table
Update: The table and text have been updated to include the baselines in the House and Senate budget resolutions. A common source of confusion when...
An Overview of the President's Budget
While we will have detailed analysis of various parts of the President's budget throughout the week and into next week, it is important to first show...
The Budget is Here
President Obama has just released his FY 2014 budget proposal, putting forward his last offer in the negotiations leading up to the fiscal cliff, in...
Line Items: Budget Blossoms Edition
Blossoms– It’s a special time in Washington as the Cherry Blossoms are finally blooming after a long winter. The city itself seemingly comes alive as...
2013 GAO Report on Duplication and Overlap
Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its annual report highlighting areas of possible duplication, fragmentation, and overlap in...
OMB Confirms There Will be a Second Sequester
Late last week, David Rogers of Politico reported that there will indeed be a "second sequester," or a $1 billion scorekeeping adjustment due to OMB's...
Gregg: Reform Medicare with a Value-Based Withhold
In an op-ed in The Hill, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) makes the case for one approach towards reforming Medicare which he believes could bring...
Camp and Baucus: Tax Reform is Alive and Well
Getting Congress to take on tax reform will be difficult, but the two lawmakers in charge of the tax-writing committees seem to be committed to...
Ten Things to Look for in the President's Budget
It's President's Budget week! On Wednesday, President Obama will release his FY 2014 budget, illustrating another possible path in addition to the...
What Will Likely Be In The President's Budget
The FY 2014 President's Budget will not be released until next Wednesday, April 10th, but already some details about what will be in the budget have...
At Halftime, FY 2013 Leads FY 2012 $601 Billion to $779 Billion
CBO's latest Monthly Budget Review (MBR) for March means that we now have budget data for the first six months of FY 2013. The six-month deficit...