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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.
Acting Quickly on the Cliff Is Not As Important As Doing It Right
An article today in POLITICO games out four possible scenarios for how the fiscal cliff could be resolved (or not). They discuss the benefits and...
MY VIEW: Judd Gregg June 25 2012
In an op-ed in The Hill, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) urged Congress to begin to take action on the budget before the election. He says that rather...
Appropriations Update: Both Sides Moving Separately
Although a bit under the radar, the appropriations process in both the House and Senate is moving forward in a relatively timely manner (OK, maybe the...
Senate Passes Farm Bill
The Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (i.e. the 2012 Farm Bill) today on a 64-35 vote. The bill included $969 billion of...
Alternative Estimates of the Individual Mandate
On Monday, we presented a budgetary analysis of the effect the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act could have on the budget. Naturally...
Senator Judd Gregg Increasingly Involved in Deficit Reduction Talks
The Hill has an informative article today on how former chair of the Senate Budget committee, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) is increasingly...
Don't Move the Cliff...Fix the Cliff
We're seeing more stories, in recent days, floating the idea that policymakers might waive the entire fiscal cliff, at least temporarily. One piece in...
Domenici and Rivlin Testify to Senate Finance Committee
Former Director of the CBO Alice Rivlin and Former Sen. Pete Domenici testified today to the Senate Finance Committee on the long-term debt problem...
How the Supreme Court's Decision on Health Care Reform Could Affect the Budget
It is no secret to those following the news that the Supreme Court will soon make a decision on the constitutionality of pieces of the Affordable Care...
Line Items: Deadlines and Deadlock Edition
Playing Dead – Lawmakers face several deadlines in coming weeks as the number of days that Congress will be in session dwindles. Deadlines loom at the...
Debating Social Security Fixes
The AARP has just released a helpful new paper considering the pros and cons of different options to reform Social Security. Our fiscal outlook in the...
MY VIEW: Judd Gregg June 18 2012
Former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) has an op-ed in The Hill this morning titled, "Lawmakers Haven't Run Out of Time to Craft a Bipartisan Deficit Deal."...