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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.
Actually, CBPP Says Don't Tune Out the Debt ... And They Are Right
Today, Wonkblog published a “ Know More” feature arguing that “You Should Tune Out Politicians Who Are Still Talking about Government Debt.” As...
House Defense Budget Rejects Pentagon Suggestions
The Pentagon's budget faces serious constraints this year as a result of budget caps agreed to last year and rising personnel, healthcare, and...
The $900 Billion Slowdown in Federal Health Care Spending
With April's updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), spending on major federal health care programs (Medicare, Medicaid, and...
Want to Understand the Tax Extenders? Here's a Few Charts.
Congress is continuing to discuss this week the tax extenders, a set of tax breaks that expired at the end of last year which could have major fiscal...
CBPP: Long-Term Budget Outlook Remains a Challenge
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a new set of long-term debt projections today. They find that while the debt will remain...
Major Budget Plans Deal With Extenders Responsibly
As Congress considers how to address the “ tax extenders” that expired last year, it’s important to remember that many major proposals would allow...
Administration Takes Up Transit Spending with the GROW AMERICA Act
The Administration recently submitted a $302 billion, four-year transit proposal to Congress to address the chronic challenges facing surface...
House Kicks Off FY 2015 Appropriations Process
The first of the FY 2015 appropriations bills hit the House floor today, kicking off a five month timeline for lawmakers to avoid a government...
Senate to Consider Bipartisan Housing Finance Reform Bill
The push among lawmakers to reform housing finance has picked up lately, as proposals have been emerging in recent weeks. The most prominent one in...
Understanding the Difference Between Temporary and Permanent in Budget Scoring
This week, Congress will continue to deliberate if and how to continue the “ tax extenders” which expired at the end of 2013. In doing so, both the...
Ways & Means Considers Extending Business Tax Breaks
The House and Senate appear to be taking different approaches to the " tax extenders" which expired at the end of 2013. Whereas the Senate Finance...
CBO's Latest Estimate of TARP: $27 Billion
Caught up in the release of CBO's baseline and its analysis of the President's budget last week was another CBO update of their estimate of the...