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.
The Tax Break-Down: Cafeteria Plans and Flexible Spending Accounts
This is the seventh post in a new CRFB blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax...
It's Official: Budget Projections Have Changed
Last month after the Bureau of Economic Analysis revised their GDP numbers going back to 1929, we decided to take the intiative and project what the...
Bipartisan Proposal for Medicare and Medicaid Fraud Prevention Introduced
In an effort to help address the unsustainable growth of our health care programs, a few legislators are reaching across the aisle in an effort to...
Syria and the Sequester
Although the possibility of a US military strike on Syria is now in question, the possibility has also led to public statements regarding the...
Line Items: Back to Work Edition
Syria-ous Business – The kids are back in school. People across the country are back from vacation and returning to the daily grind, including...
TOMORROW: Moment of Truth Project to Host Delivery Systems and Payment Reform Briefing with NCHC
Tomorrow, September 12, CRFB's Moment of Truth Project and the National Coalition on Health Care will host a briefing on Medicare delivery system and...
When Will Treasury Run Out of Cash to Pay its Bills?
Congress already has its hands full with finding a fiscally-responsible solution for the expiration of the government funding bill at the end of the...
The Upcoming Appropriations Showdown
It is now three weeks and counting until the start of FY 2014, when lawmakers will have to pass a bill funding the government or incur a shutdown...
The Tax Break-Down: Municipal Bonds
This is the sixth post in a new CRFB blog series, The Tax Break-Down, which will analyze and review tax breaks under discussion as part of tax reform...
MY VIEW: Judd Gregg September 2013
Congress returned to Washington today and lawmakers will find their to-do list packed. But in today's The Hill, former Governor and Senator Judd Gregg...
Bill Hoagland: Nation Does Not Need Another Government Shutdown
As Congress returns to Washington today, the clock is ticking to September 30, the end of the government's fiscal year and the date after which the...
MY VIEW: Bill Frenzel September 2013
The President's decision to ask for a congressional resolution authorizing military force in Syria has added to an already busy congressional schedule...