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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.
Thanks for Your Fiscal Bravery
Yesterday, 38 members of the House cast votes for the bipartisan budget resolution that is modeled after Simpson-Bowles. 22 Democrats and 16...
What Congress Should Do With the Fiscal Cliff
With a large number of policies set to expire or kick in at the end of the year, with serious fiscal impacts, CRFB has released a paper laying out the...
The Newest TARP Estimate
CBO has released its newest cost estimate of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), projecting it to cost $32 billion over its lifetime, which is...
Setting the Record Straight on Cooper-LaTourette
There have been a lot of claims circulating around about the "Simpson Bowles Alternative Budget Resolution" proposed by Congressmen Cooper, LaTourette...
Additional Alternatives to the House Republican Budget
Update: We have updated the table with outlays, revenue, and debt numbers for the Congressional Black Caucus plan. Yesterday was a very busy day for...
CRFB Continues the "National Debt Tour"
As part of a continued national discussion on fiscal responsibility, The Wall Street Journal's Viewpoints Executive Breakfast Series will host Fiscal...
Cooper and LaTourette Introduce Bipartisan Budget Resolution
In addition to the House Republican budget, a number of other budget resolutions have come out within the past few days (we will be writing about them...
Line Items: Bloom and Gloom Edition
Bloom and Gloom – Washington’s famous Cherry Blossoms bloomed just ahead of the festival in their honor, and most promptly disappeared due to stormy...
The House Republican Approach to the Sequester
One of the more complicated aspects of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget is what he does with the sequester that will take effect on January 2, 2013 due...
The True Size of Government?
It is often said that tax expenditures operate as "spending through the tax code" and often obscure what the true size of government is. With the...
The Affordable Care Act At 2 Years Old
On this day two years ago, President Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the first of two pieces of legislation that...
It Turns Out Ryan and Obama Agree on Putting Medicare in a Budget
With Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) new budget comes an interesting piece of good news: an apparent agreement between House Republicans and President...