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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Press Conference and Letter Urging Super Committee to "Go Big"
Update: Click here to watch C-SPAN's video of the press conference. This afternoon, CRFB will be hosting a press conference at the National Press Club...
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The Specifics of Obama's American Jobs Act
Yesterday evening, President Obama addressed a Joint Session of Congress to propose his newest economic recovery measure -- The American Jobs Act. The...
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Let's Go Big
In case you missed it yesterday afternoon, CRFB put out its expectations for the Super Committee, urging them to Go Big! Given the severity of our...
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CRFB's New Table of Overlapping Policies
As the first meeting of the Super Committee has come and gone, it is important to take a look at the policies that they could consider. CRFB's table...
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The Updated CRFB Long-Term Realistic Baseline
Update: CRFB's newest policy paper, What We Hope to See from the Super Committee, shows CRFB Realistic projections for spending by category and...
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Recent Proposals for Job Growth
Leading up to President Obama’s job speech tomorrow evening, there has been much speculation as to the measures the president will propose. The...
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Business Roundtable Deficit Forum Today
Starting in just a few minutes, Business Roundtable (BRT) will host a forum on the deficit -- “Meeting the Challenges of Economic Growth and Deficit...
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‘Line’ Items: Back to Work Edition
Back to Work – Labor Day is behind us, but a lot of work lies ahead. Congress returns from its August recess this week with jobs on the top of the...
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Differing Economic Assumptions Between OMB and CBO
Back in February, we dinged the President's budget for relying on overly optimistic economic assumptions in 2012 and beyond. CBO's Analysis of the...
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Spending and Revenues in the Mid-Session Review
Under the Administration's Mid-Session Review, the gap between spending and revenues is set to persist throughout the decade with barely any change in...
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OMB Releases Mid-Session Review
OMB has just released its Mid-Session Review, incorporating the effects of the Budget Control Act and the Super Committee's target savings into its...