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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Six Articles on the Defense Sequester
Today in The Hill, they have put together a six article package on the looming automatic cuts to the defense budget found in the sequester. These cuts...
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Line Items: Supreme Contempt Edition
Decisions, Decisions – Washington waits with bated breath for the Supreme Court to rule Thursday on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act...
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Don't Delay, Fix The Cliff!
A new story is suggesting that members of Congress from both parties are trying to delay the sequester until March. This is not the first time we have...
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No Matter What the Supreme Court Rules, Challenges Lie Ahead
Politicos, policy wonks, and citizens will all be eagerly waiting Monday for a possible Supreme Court’s ruling on the ACA. Speculation in particular...
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Acting Quickly on the Cliff Is Not As Important As Doing It Right
An article today in POLITICO games out four possible scenarios for how the fiscal cliff could be resolved (or not). They discuss the benefits and...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg June 25 2012
In an op-ed in The Hill, former Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH) urged Congress to begin to take action on the budget before the election. He says that rather...
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Appropriations Update: Both Sides Moving Separately
Although a bit under the radar, the appropriations process in both the House and Senate is moving forward in a relatively timely manner (OK, maybe the...
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Senate Passes Farm Bill
The Senate passed the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act (i.e. the 2012 Farm Bill) today on a 64-35 vote. The bill included $969 billion of...
Alternative Estimates of the Individual Mandate
On Monday, we presented a budgetary analysis of the effect the Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act could have on the budget. Naturally...
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Senator Judd Gregg Increasingly Involved in Deficit Reduction Talks
The Hill has an informative article today on how former chair of the Senate Budget committee, former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) is increasingly...
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Don't Move the Cliff...Fix the Cliff
We're seeing more stories, in recent days, floating the idea that policymakers might waive the entire fiscal cliff, at least temporarily. One piece in...
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Domenici and Rivlin Testify to Senate Finance Committee
Former Director of the CBO Alice Rivlin and Former Sen. Pete Domenici testified today to the Senate Finance Committee on the long-term debt problem...