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.
Appropriations Update: A Return to Normalcy?
With just a month left to go before the temporary funding for FY 2012 runs out, the Senate is trying a different strategy from the one that has...
CRFB Analysis Shows Why Going Big Could Improve Chances of Success
With the Super Committee deliberating and the window for committee submissions passed, CRFB has released an analysis and a corresponding slide show...
Saving the U.S. Postal Service
Earlier this week, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) announced a number of rate increases to take effect in January 2012. For starters, the cost of first...
Path to Debt Stabilization: A Comparison of Debt Triggers
The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction included a detailed legislative proposal intended to enforce a declining path for the...
Tracker Updated With Two Plans From Last Week
We have updated our tracker of recommendations to the Super Committee with two plans that came out last Wednesday. The first is by the Congressional...
Social Security COLA Increase
Social Security beneficiaries will see a raise in their benefits next year, resulting from a 3.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) increase...
Democrats Target Oil and Other Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Yesterday, a group of 14 Senate Democrats sent a letter to the Super Committee, urging them to eliminate oil subsidies for the top five oil companies...
Growing Support for Go Big
For the past several weeks, we have been urging the Super Committee to Go Big on deficit-reduction and exceed its savings mandate of $1.5 trillion...
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul Releases Budget Proposal
Yesterday, presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) released his budget blueprint for what would be his first term in office, which he...
Last Minute Recommendations to the Super Committee
Update: The House and Senate Agricultural Committees sent a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the Super Committee on Friday, promising a $23 billion...
‘Line’ Items: Fall Colors Edition
Leaves of Change – The colors of fall draw many sightseers to view nature’s beauty. Yet, it is important to recognize that behind the changing leaves...
CLASS Act Fades Away
The CLASS Act, the new long-term care program enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act, has been dropped, as the Obama Administration has struggled...