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.
Questions for the Candidates
This Saturday in Des Moines, Iowa, the Republican presidential candidates will debate for one of the last times before the Iowa caucuses on January 3...
House GOP Releases Extenders Package with Offsets
Today, House Republicans have officially released their plan to extend the current payroll tax holiday for a year, two years of doc fixes, and a year...
More on the Proposed Budget Process Reforms
As we reported on The Bottom Line the other day, Republican members of the House released a set of 10 pieces of legislation they argue would improve...
Appropriations Update: No Bill Left Behind?
Ever since the three appropriations bills and the temporary continuing resolution (CR) passed Congress last month, lawmakers have refused to consider...
Another Proposal to Extend the Payroll Tax Cut and Other Policies
Finding a way to extend the payroll tax cut, along with the many other expiring provisions this year, continues to be a dominating issue for Congress...
House Budget Committee Releases Budget Reform Points
Today, the House Budget Committee released a budget reform proposal consisting of ten different pieces of legislation. The package intends to address...
Eurozone Challenges Should Give Pause to U.S. Lawmakers
Europe's worsening debt crisis--notably Italy's--should serve as a warning to the United States of what can happen to an otherwise steady, solvent...
Spotlight on the States: Internet Sales Tax
Breaking from traditional posts in our Spotlight on the States series, this blog focuses not on one state's budget, but on an issue that directly...
‘Line’ Items: Bowl Edition
Bowled Over – The all-knowing BCS computers have chosen LSU and Alabama to contend for the college football championship. Both teams are familiar foes...
Senate Working to Extend Payroll Tax Cut
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unveiled another proposal for how to both extend and expand the payroll tax cuts and pay for them...
‘Go Big’ Goes On
There has been lots of attention recently on the ‘ Go Big’ campaign and what comes next. The latest comes from a National Journal article that begins...
First Anniversary of the Fiscal Commission's Final Report, The Moment of Truth
Today marks the first anniversary of the release of The Moment of Truth, the final report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and...