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.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/conrad_0.jpg.webp?itok=6iaGLE28)
Details Emerging About Sen. Conrad's Budget
It's the budget that's been stuck in limbo. Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, has reportedly been working on a Senate...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/Capitol_Dome_62.jpg.webp?itok=VQFPsuuq)
‘Line’ Items: Goals Edition
Clutch Goals -- The U.S. Women’s Soccer team scored an improbable victory over Brazil on Sunday in the Women’s World Cup, overcoming a scoring and...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/MyView_7.jpg.webp?itok=g2sELyIi)
CNN MONEY EXCLUSIVE: Go Big on the Debt Ceiling
In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas urges Washington lawmakers to go big on the debt ceiling. She also lays out...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/CPI.JPG.webp?itok=Zhqkl74u)
The Facts on the Chained CPI
Coverage of the so-called "chained CPI" has been heating up recently, due to rumors that it might be included in the latest round of debt negotiations...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/CRFB416.jpg.webp?itok=5Np5kyxm)
Sen. Warner: "We Cannot Wait Much Longer"
In an op-ed today in The Washington Post, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) pleads with lawmakers to act quickly to raise the debt limit and to seek a...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/obamaleadership.jpg.webp?itok=ihcAF124)
President Seeking $4 Trillion, Comprehensive Plan
CRFB has been calling pretty much continuously for a debt reduction package which puts everything on the table, addresses entitlement spending growth...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/rock-a-fella.jpg.webp?itok=qjA4CJnS)
Senator Rockefeller Offers Up Revenue Plan
While much of the conversation on tax increases in a debt ceiling budget deal has seemed to focus on corporate jet owners, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/dart_target_3.jpg.webp?itok=nHaeWpqu)
As Debt-Limit Deadline Nears, Lawmakers Must Avoid Budget Gimmicks
At a press briefing yesterday, President Obama invited Congressional leaders of both parties to the White House tomorrow to continue ongoing debt...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/obama_portrait_146px_4.jpg.webp?itok=5-4j7uID)
4:40pm Today President Briefs Press on State of Debt Talks
At 4:40pm today, the President will brief the press on the state of the budget negotiations and the next steps. See the live streaming video here --...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/Capitol_Dome_61.jpg.webp?itok=HLCSiTGW)
‘Line’ Items: Independence Day Edition
More Fireworks in Store – Washington, DC celebrated Independence Day on Monday night with its annual fireworks display on the National Mall. Though...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/wyoming.jpg.webp?itok=HWRmBU3f)
Wyoming Residents Ask Politicians to Endorse Fiscal Commission
After a sold-out presentation in Jackson Hole, Wyoming last week in which Fiscal Commission co-chair Senator Alan Simpson detailed the Commission's $4...