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.
SSDI Solutions Initiative Publishes Issue Brief on Determination & Appeals Process
The McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative has published a second brief in its issue brief series on the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI...
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Senate Holds Hearing on Understanding America's Long-Term Fiscal Picture
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Keith Hall testified Thursday before the Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee in a...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2016
Note: For the latest fiscal year, click here . Last updated 12/9/15. Lawmakers passed a continuing resolution funding the government through December...
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Peter G. Peterson: America can't afford Greek complacency
Peter G. Peterson is the founder of the Pete G. Peterson Foundation and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote a...
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Dynamic Infrastructure Estimate Gives Lawmakers Food for Thought
Three weeks from the deadline to deal with highway funding, a new report commissioned by the McGraw Hill Financial Global Institute gives Congress...
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Greece is Rather Unique
The Greek saga took another turn last week as the second bailout from the Eurozone countries approved in 2012 expired on June 30, leading to Greece...
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Finance Committee Provides Its Framework for International Tax Reform
The Senate Finance Committee has been working all year in five bipartisan working groups on tax reform, and today they have reports to show for it. Of...
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Sources of Spending Growth in the Long Term
Over the past few weeks, we have been posting in-depth analysis of the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Long-Term Outlook. In its supplemental data...
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IMF: Fiscal Reform Boosts Economic Growth
The IMF has released new research showing that fiscal reforms enhance economic growth. These findings are broadly consistent with other analysis of...
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Changes Make Cures Bill More Responsible
To ameliorate some concerns with the original bill, a revised version of H.R. 6, or the 21st Century Cures Act, was recently released, aiming to...
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Lankford on SSDI: The Time for Reform is Now
On Tuesday, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) wrote an op-ed in The Hill advocating for meaningful reform to the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)...
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High Debt Drags Down the Economy
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), rising debt levels could reduce projected annual income by between $2,000 and $6,000 per person by...