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.
MY VIEW: Judd Gregg September 2012
Former Senator and CRFB board member Judd Gregg (R-NH) writes in today's The Hill that former President Bill Clinton's call for bipartisanship may be...
Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson on Meet The Press
CRFB Board Members, Fix the Debt Campaign Co-Founders and Fiscal Commission Co-Chairs Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson recently appeared on Meet The...
Where the Axe Will Fall: A Detailed Look at the Sequester
This afternoon, the OMB released its legally required report on the $1.2 trillion sequester, detailing how and where the cuts would fall on the...
The Sequester Report Is Out
The legally required report on what programs the automatic sequester would apply to and how large the cuts would be, as stipulated in last month's...
Farm Bill Stalled in Congress
Yesterday, a group of farmers and farm state lawmakers gathered in Washington to rally for the passage of a farm bill, on which progress has stalled...
QE3 Is on the Way
After months of speculation and anticipation, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to undertake a third round of quantitative easing. The...
Fix the Debt in the News
In The Wall Street Journal yesterday, economics editor David Wessel wrote about the Fix the Debt campaign's effort to shape the deficit debate in...
Event Recap: "Economic and Foreign Policy Implications of America's Debt"
The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted an event today chaired by former Senators Sam Nunn (D-GA), who is a member of the steering...
Possible Questions for a Debt Debate
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, along with many others, have been calling on the presidential candidates to Debate the Debt, and more...
CR Set to Move Ahead of Shutdown Deadline
For all you can say about the budget process in recent years, at least this time Congress is on track to resolve spending levels ahead of a deadline -...
Barry Anderson: Don’t Delay Fencing Off the ‘Fiscal Cliff’
CRFB board member Barry Anderson, along with Steve Bell of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Joe Minarik of the Committee for Economic Development...
Warning Shots for Lawmakers on the Debt
Today, the credit rating agency Moody’s made it clear that it is unlikely that the U.S. will be able to maintain its Aaa rating unless a comprehensive...