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.
Two Different Takes on Bending the Health Care Cost Curve
Today, The New England Journal of Medicine published an interesting contrast of health proposals from leading health policy experts representing the...
A Bipartisan Call To Debate the Debt
Today Campaign to Fix the Debt co-chairs Judd Gregg and Ed Rendell were joined by Purple Nation founders Michael Steele and Lanny Davis in a letter to...
Stephen Colbert Warns of Fiscal Cliff, "The Norquist"
Stephen Colbert covered the fiscal cliff and Grover Norquist in last night's Colbert Report. As usual Colbert is absolutely hilarious, but he also...
The Postal Service's Woes Continue
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is slated to default on a $5.5 billion dollar payment to the United States Treasury tonight at midnight...
Tax Extenders Spread the Budget Thin
The Senate Finance Committee will hold a mark-up of the Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act tomorrow at 10 am. The Act would retroactively...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...