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.
A Reversal for TARP
As the federal government has been slowly winding down much of its commitment in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the prevailing trend for...
Representatives Joining Together to Resist Efforts to Turn Off the Sequester Absent Debt Reduction Agreement
Update 12/16: Representatives Welch, Miller, Van Hollen, Cleaver, and Himes formally released the letter yesterday to President Obama with over 90...
CRFB Brings Back U.S. Budget Watch
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has announced the return of U.S. Budget Watch, just in time for the Republican primary season and the...
Ryan and Wyden Offer Ambitious Health Care Proposal
This morning, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) unveiled their proposal to significantly change Medicare, one of the...
Bipartisan Group Introduces Budget Process Reform Improvement Act of 2011
A bipartisan group of Representatives has introduced the Budget Process Improvement Act of 2011 in an effort to provide "improved accuracy and...
MY VIEW: Gene Steuerle December 2011
On Tuesday, December 5, President Obama went to Oswatomie, Kansas, where Teddy Roosevelt in 1910 had made one of his most famous speeches. Democrats...
Tax Policy Center Estimates Newt Gingrich's Tax Plan
A few days ago, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) came out with a distributional and revenue score for Newt Gingrich's tax plan. It is similar to Rick Perry...
A Helpful Budget Breakdown
CBO has gotten into the infographic game this year with some good results. Two days ago they released an infographic containing a basic breakdown of...
Sen. Lieberman Floats Idea on Meaningful Deficit Reduction
Update: Sen. Lieberman's proposed legislation was introduced today. Click here to read CRFB's reaction. Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) is floating an...
House Budget Committee Leaders Discuss Budget Reform Today
House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will discuss budget process reform today at 1 pm ET at a...
Paying for the Extenders
With so many provisions set to expire at the end of the year, CRFB has released a new paper that details what lawmakers have to extend and how they...
Line Items: Holidaze Edition
Happy Holidaze – The Christmas trees are up. The lights are lit. The shoppers are roaming the malls. The holiday specials are all over the television...