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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.
CRFB, Concord, and CED Commend Commission
Moments ago, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a joint statement on the President's just- announced National Committee on Fiscal...
Obama Establishes Deficit Commission
Update: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he will make Republican appointments to the deficit commission. Saying that the nation's...
Happy Birthday ARRA
A year ago today, Congress and the President enacted the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, providing $787 billion in fiscal stimulus through a...
New Members in the Announcement Effect Club
During yesterday's Avoiding a Government Debt Crisis event, hosted by the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform, speakers Thomas Hoenig, Richard...
Steve Liesman, Don't Do It - The Country Needs You
CNBC’s Steve Liesman attended the “Avoiding a Government Debt Crisis” conference convened by the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform yesterday...
Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson to Lead Deficit Commission
According to Lori Montgomery: Mr. Obama will name former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles and former Republican Sen. Alan Simpson as...
Fed Bank President: Don’t Knock on Fed’s Door to Solve Fiscal Problems
Thomas Hoenig, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, had strong words today for lawmakers who want the Fed to bail them out of the...
Looking Back on President's Day
As we celebrate President’s Day, here is a look at our two presidents of the day, Washington and Lincoln, and some of their experiences with debt...
‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Commission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still...
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy: The New York Times criticized Republican healthcare reform...
Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2011 Budget
Although our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in...