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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CRFB President Maya MacGuineas Recongized As One of the 100 Most Influential Leaders in Finance
We are honored that Treasury & Risk has included CRFB's president, Maya MacGuineas, on their list of The 100 Most Influential Leaders in Finance for...
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Senator Lieberman Proposes Medicare Reform
Update: Estimates updated Today, Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) proposed a plan to reform Medicare, but to do so working within the current system...
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Biden Group Talks Taxes and Triggers
The bicameral, bipartisan debt limit and deficit reduction negotiations chaired by Vice President Biden resumed today with the group’s fifth meeting...
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Panetta Puts Everything on the Table for Defense Savings
In his Senate confirmation hearing this morning to become the next Secretary of Defense, CIA Director Leon Panetta (and former CRFB chairman!) said...
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Fitch Follows Moody's and S&P In Issuing Warning on Debt Ceiling
Yesterday, Fitch became the latest credit rating agency, following S&P and Moody’s in recent weeks, to warn the U.S. of a credit rating downgrade if...
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Peterson-Pew's New Fiscal Toolkit
In the last few weeks there has been an incredible amount of talk about using targets, triggers, caps, and failsafes to help set us on a sustainable...
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Cooper and Wolf Announce Support for Gang of Six
Yesterday, according to Congressional Quarterly (subscription required), Reps. Jim Cooper (D-TN) and Frank Wolf (R-VA) sent around a “Dear Colleague”...
Between the ‘Line’s: Speeches, Meetings, Anniversaries, and Letters Galore
Pawlenty of Ideas – GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty gave a speech in Chicago on Tuesday where he laid out his fiscal and economic policy...
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Bush Tax Cuts Turn Ten
For today's 10-year anniversary of the 2001 tax cuts (EGTRRA), CRFB issued a release this morning calling for any extensions of the 2001/2003/2010 tax...
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Averting a Fiscal Crisis: CRFB’s Backgrounder Powerpoint
There seems to be no lack of commentary and analysis from the media and think tank community on our fiscal challenges in both this decade and beyond...
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Panel This Afternoon on Budget Deficit and National Debt
This afternoon, the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy is hosting a panel on the budget deficit and national debt. Panelists include...
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Republican Congressmen Introduce Legislation to Reduce Size of Federal Workforce
Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-CA), Rep. Dennis Ross, (R-FL), and Rep. Jason Chaffetz, (R-UT) recently introduced legislation that would cut the federal...