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.
MARKETWATCH:Week September 27 – October 1, 2010
The growth play from September has spilled over into October, although cross-currents are apparent and volatility should be expected. Economic news...
CRFB Event: It's Time to Get Specific
With the fiscal debt clock ticking, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget yesterday brought together members of Congress and other fiscal...
Maya MacGuineas and Bill Galston: A Balanced Plan to Stabilize Public Debt and Promote Economic Growth
A Balanced Plan to Stabilize Public Debt and Promote Economic Growth Yesterday, we released a new budget blueprint to stabilize the debt by the end of...
CRFB Event: Follow Our Live Twitter Feed
CRFB hosted a policy forum on September 30th: Getting Specific: How to Fix the Budget. We will live tweeted the event on our Twitter page-- https:/...
Fiscal Commission Holds Fifth Meeting
CRFB live tweeted the fifth public meeting of the President's fiscal commission on our Twitter page ( www.twitter.com/budgethawks) this morning! For...
Appropriations Update: Senate Poised to Pass CR
Update 09-30-10: The Senate passed the CR last night on a 69-30 vote. The House soon followed with a successful 228-194 vote. An amendment from...
New Members Join the Announcement Effect Club
Recently, two prominent figures have joined CRFB’s Announcement Effect Club. Joining the Announcement Effect Club requires a statement that taking...
‘Line’ Items: September to Forget Edition
Not Much Worth Remembering – As September closes this week, it is clear that lawmakers already have one foot out the door; anxious to return home to...
Appropriations Update: Stopgaps and Lame Ducks
Managing to perform below the already-low bar set by recent precedent, Congress will not finish work on any FY 2011 appropriations bills before the...
House Passes Small Business Bill
Today, the House passed HR 5297, the small business bill that had been stalled in Congress for weeks. It is expected that President Obama will sign it...
MARKETWATCH: SEPTEMBER 20 - 24, 2010
The September growth play picked up speed at the end of the week, as markets liked stronger than expected US business investment data from August...
Round Two: What Happened to My Social Security COLA?
It's that time of year again, when people start asking whether Social Security recipients will receive a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA). And it...