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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Defense Business Board Recommends Military Retirement Changes
Defense spending is an area within the federal budget where significant savings can be found, and specifically within the military retirement system...
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‘Line’ Items: Looking Abroad Edition
To the Shores of Tripoli – With President Obama on vacation and Congress in recess, most eyes are turned away from Washington and towards developments...
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OMB Asks for Agency Cuts in 2013
On OMB's blog, OMB director Jack Lew talked about his instructions to agencies to cut 5 percent off their 2011 budget for their FY 2013 request. In...
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Donald Marron Wants More Fiscal Foxes
In the Christian Science Monitor, Donald Marron argues that the distinction in fiscal policy should not be between hawks and doves, but rather foxes...
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An In-Depth Look at the Trigger
Faithful readers of this blog know by now how the trigger contained in the Budget Control Act generally works. The BCA creates a twelve-member Joint...
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Baucus, Murray, and Kerry on the Joint Committee
The three Democratic Senators on the Joint Committee--Max Baucus (D-MT), Patty Murray (D-WA), and John Kerry (D-MA)--have a lofty op-ed in the Wall...
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US Chamber Of Commerce Calls On Super Committee to Exceed its Mandate
Yesterday, the United States Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to the members of the super-committee calling on it to exceed its mandate of $1.2...
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Brookings Panel on the Joint Committee
Today at 1:30, the Budgeting for National Priorities Project at Brookings will host a distinguished panel to discuss the challenges that the new Joint...
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Fitch Reaffirms U.S. AAA Rating
Today, one of the other big three credit rating agencies, Fitch Ratings, reaffirmed their AAA rating of the United States and held our outlook at...
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Putting the Brakes on U.S. Debt
As the world continues to struggle with the economic recovery and increasingly overwhelming debt levels, many are looking to Switzerland’s rather...
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‘Line’ Items: Fair Edition
Fair Time – We are smack in the middle of fair season. Fair goers across the country are getting their fill of fried food and tractor pulls. It is...
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Bill Frenzel: Super committee can't tackle real debt problem
In a commentary for CNN, CRFB co-chair Bill Frenzel lamented the small goal that the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (or the "super...