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.
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OMB Starting to Prepare for the Sequester
Over the past few days, the Office of Management and Budget is getting to work preparing for the sequester hitting on January 2 of next year. OMB so...
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A Deal on Appropriations is Here
After some speculation last week about a compromise being made on appropriations, a deal has tentatively agreed upon between House Speaker John...
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Reviewing the Review: How Does It Compare to the President's Budget?
OMB's Mid-Session Review, which was released on Friday, showed lower debt and deficits over ten years than did the President's budget. Our paper on...
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Al Simpson Joins the Announcement Effect Club
The Announcement Effect Club has a new member after this weekend—Fiscal Commission Co-Chair Alan Simpson. Simpson discussed the dangers of the fiscal...
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Council on Foreign Relations Primes Readers on the Fiscal Cliff
The Council on Foreign Relations has joined in on those warning of the dangers of the fiscal cliff due to hit early January and unsustainable rising...
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The 47th Anniversary of Medicare and Our Growing Aging Problem
Today is the 47th anniversary of the Medicare program, reminding us of the great challenge we face from our growing entitlement spending. If you've...
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Re-visiting the President's Budget: OMB's Mid-Session Review
The OMB has released its Mid-Session Review (MSR), essentially a re-estimate of the President's budget taking into new legislative, economic, and...
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A Deal on Appropriations Is Near
According to POLITICO's Jake Sherman and John Bresnahan, lawmakers are nearing a deal that would fund the government for the first six months of FY...
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CRFB Reiterates Its Call to Debate the Debt
In light of the Commission on Presidential Debates announcing the debate format for this year's presidential cycle, CRFB once again called for a...
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The Concord Coalition Provides Fiscal Lessons From Europe
The Concord Coalition has just unveiled a new paper, authored by Edmund Andrews, Joe Minarik, and Diane Lim Rodgers, called " Not Just Their Problem...
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Lieberman and Collins Stand Up for Fiscal Responsibility
Yesterday the Senate voted on two highly polarized tax plans, with a Democratic version passing 51-48 while the Republican supported bill failing to...
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Online Sales Tax Debate Heats Up
Last week, our "Spotlight on the States" blog post highlighted structural challenges for the states, one of them being an eroding sales tax base. The...