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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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MY VIEW: Erskine Bowles March 23 2012
In a blog post entitled "Don't Let the Perfect Be the Enemy of the Good" on the Committee for Economic Development's new blog Back in the Black...
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The Ryan Budget in the Long Term
According to CBO’s report on the budget targets specified by Chairman Ryan and his staff (not a more traditional scoring of policies for whatever...
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Budget Process Reforms in the Ryan Budget
The FY 2013 House Republican budget resolution, which has now been passed by the Budget Committee 19-18, contains a number of sweeping changes to the...
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Tax Reform in the Ryan Budget
As the House Republican budget resolution has come out and alternatives will be sure to follow, CRFB is rolling out a blog series looking at all the...