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.
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Ten Things to Look for in the President's Budget
It's President's Budget week! On Wednesday, President Obama will release his FY 2014 budget, illustrating another possible path in addition to the...
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What Will Likely Be In The President's Budget
The FY 2014 President's Budget will not be released until next Wednesday, April 10th, but already some details about what will be in the budget have...
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At Halftime, FY 2013 Leads FY 2012 $601 Billion to $779 Billion
CBO's latest Monthly Budget Review (MBR) for March means that we now have budget data for the first six months of FY 2013. The six-month deficit...
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Support Grows for Medicare Cost-Sharing Reforms
Over the last week, we’ve highlighted two potential area of common ground on Medicare reform: cost-sharing reforms and raising the Medicare age with a...
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Is a Buy-In the Bipartisan Answer to Raising the Medicare Age?
Last week we discussed the potential for bipartisan agreement on Medicare cost-sharing reforms, and today Politico reports on another area of...
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Biennial Budgeting Picks Up Steam in Congress
As reported in The Hill over the weekend, a proposed change to the United States’ yearly budgetary process is gaining steam in the Senate. An...
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Poll: Americans Favor Compromise on the Budget
Over the last few weeks, we've seen several different budget proposals emerge from the Senate and the House, and President Obama is expected to...
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Line Items: Game of Thrones Returns Edition
It’s Back – The long wait finally ended on Sunday as the HBO hit series "Game of Thrones" debuted its third season, gratifying those who have longed...
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MY VIEW: Ed Lorenzen April 2013
Today, Moment of Truth Project Director Ed Lorenzen published an op-ed responding to a recent piece from Michael Hiltzik of the Los Angeles Times...
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Medicare Advantage Payment Increase Explained
In a surprising move yesterday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced a reversal in their previous plans to cut payments to...
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More Ways to Reform the Social Security Disability Insurance Program
The recent NPR segment from Chana Joffe-Walt on the disability insurance program has certainly started a conversation. The Washington Post 's Wonkblog...
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RATE Coalition Urges a More Competitive Tax Code
Today, the RATE Coalition sent a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, urging them to...