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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.
The House Republican Approach to the Sequester
One of the more complicated aspects of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget is what he does with the sequester that will take effect on January 2, 2013 due...
The True Size of Government?
It is often said that tax expenditures operate as "spending through the tax code" and often obscure what the true size of government is. With the...
The Affordable Care Act At 2 Years Old
On this day two years ago, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the first of two pieces of legislation that...
It Turns Out Ryan and Obama Agree on Putting Medicare in a Budget
With Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) new budget comes an interesting piece of good news: an apparent agreement between House Republicans and President...
MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles March 23 2012
In a blog post entitled "Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good" on the Committee for Economic Development's new blog Back in the Black...
The Ryan Budget in the Long Term
According to CBO’s report on the budget targets specified by Chairman Ryan and his staff (not a more traditional scoring of policies for whatever...
Budget Process Reforms in the Ryan Budget
The FY 2013 House Republican budget resolution, which has now been passed by the Budget Committee 19-18, contains a number of sweeping changes to the...
Tax Reform in the Ryan Budget
As the House Republican budget resolution has come out and alternatives will be sure to follow, CRFB is rolling out a blog series looking at all the...
Ryan Reprise: House Budget Committee Chairman Releases New Budget
This morning, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presented the House Republican budget, one that is similar to last year's budget...
Fiscal Fact Checker: What Has Happened to CBO's Estimate of the Affordable Care Act?
CBO's most recent estimate of the insurance coverage provisions of the Affordable Care Act has sparked a debate about how CBO's estimate of ACA has...
Washington Post Editorial Board Makes the Case for IPAB
With the House of Repressive getting ready to vote on a full repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), the Washington Post Editorial...
Line Items: March to Madness Edition
Mad, Mad World – There’s enough madness in DC to go around. Lawmakers from opposite parties seem perpetually angry at each other, yet they are moving...