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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.
CBO Releases January 2011 Ten-Year Outlook
CBO today released its new budget and economic update, showing higher ten-year deficit and debt projections from 2012 to 2021 than they predicted back...
Doug Elmendorf Reappointed as Director of Congressional Budget Office
Congressional leaders have agreed to reappoint Doug Elmendorf as the director of the Congressional Budget Office. Mr. Elmendorf, who has been the...
House Passes Third Weekly Spending Reduction Bill
Today, the House voted to end public financing of political party conventions and presidential campaigns by a vote of 239-160. This is part of a...
State of the Union Recap
Last night in his State of the Union address, President Obama hailed a new era of bipartisan cooperation, focusing on America's competitiveness to...
Rep. Bachmann Proposes Spending Cuts
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) has released her proposal to reign in federal spending, amounting to over $425 billion in cuts annually. Shortly after...
CRFB To Live Tweet State of the Union Address
Beginning at 9pm, President Obama will address the nation in second annual State of the Union address to Congress and the American public. CRFB will...
State of the Union Bingo!
UPDATE: Debt-O terms that were not used in tonight's State of the Union address - Tax Reform, Entitlements, Tax Expenditure, Fiscal Plan, Revenue...
IMF to the United States: Adopt a Credible Fiscal Plan for the Medium-Run
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) released its World Economic Outlook update today, on the eve of two big moments for U.S. fiscal policy - the...
House Passes Resolution to Set Spending at 2008 Levels
The House of Representatives this afternoon passed a rule directing Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the chairman of the House Budget Committee, to set non...
CNN Money Exclusive: Time for Obama to get Bold on the Debt
In her latest commentary for CNN Money, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas talks about the need for President Obama to focus on large and specific...
What We'd Like to See in the President's Budget
While all eyes (for now) are on the President's State of the Union address tomorrow night, the true test of President Obama's fiscal priorities will...
‘Line’ Items: State of the Union Edition
What Will He Say? – On Tuesday President Obama will avail himself of one of the most effective tools a President has to shape the Washington agenda...