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.
Upcoming Events
It's a busy time in the budget world, so everyone make sure to mark your calendars for two very exciting upcoming events happening next week! On...
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Tax Reform
Today, the Senate Finance Committee had its first in a series of hearings for the coming year about reforming our tax code. Senate Finance Committee...
GAO Report Finds Billions in Potential Savings
Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a comprehensive review of all federal programs in an effort to promote greater efficiency...
How Interest Rates Could Affect Deficits and Debt
Interest rates have an enormous effect on how much we pay each year on servicing our debt. In the Budget and Economic Outlook from January, CBO...
Spotlight on the States: Florida
This week, our Spotlight on the States series heads down south to beautiful and sunny Florida, a state that has faced its share of budget woes. The...
‘Line’ Items: Of Brinkmanship and Statesmanship Edition
Shutting Down Versus Sitting Down – Congress returns to Washington this week after lawmakers spent last week back home. Just before leaving town the...
Short-Term CR Looking More Likely
UPDATE 3/1: House passes two-week CR by vote of 335-91. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that the bill will be taken up in the Senate and...
CNN MONEY EXCLUSIVE: Spending Cuts Aren't Enough. It's Time to Fix the Budget.
In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas talks about the House Republicans' latest spending proposals, how they could...
Panel Discusses Prospects of Government Shutdown
On Friday, a panel discussion between Democratic and Republican staff directors of the House Budget Committee and CRFB president Maya MacGuineas...
The 2011 Funding Level Debate Continues
Update: CBO released an estimate of H.R. 1 on Friday, Feb 25, puting total base discretionary budget authority at $1,026 billion. The table below has...
MY VIEW: Barry Anderson
As the impacts of the economic recession continue to fade, serious debate on the direction of fiscal policy is finally beginning with very different...
Clever Accounting in the 2012 Budget
So you (and we) don’t have to, Jason likes to spend his time looking into arcane federal education budget issues. In this case he’s writing about a...