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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Fiscal Commission Receives a Majority of Votes!
Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) has just voted for the Fiscal Commission's final plan. In an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune explaining why he is choosing...
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Stern Releases Plan to Lower the Budget Deficit...and the "Investment Deficit"
Today, Andy Stern, a member of the Fiscal Commission, released the 21st Century Plan for America’s Leadership, a proposal to reduce the federal...
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CRFB's Table Comparing Deficit Reduction Plans
Since the Fiscal Commission released its final report yesterday, CRFB has updated its comprehensive table covering all of the deficit reduction...
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Some in Washington Are Working on Deficit Reduction...but Others Aren't
In the wake of the release of the Fiscal Commission’s deficit reduction plan, it’s interesting to note the dichotomy between the focus on deficit...
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CRFB Applauds Senators for Supporting Deficit Commission Plan
Update: Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) has also decided to support the Fiscal Commission's plan, helping to give the recommendations a bipartisan...
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Fiscal Commission Joins the Announcement Effect Club!
In today's release of the Fiscal Commission's final recommendations, the report undoubtedly, unequivocally, indubitably joined the Announcement Effect...
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The Fiscal Commission's Plan
The co-chairs of the President's fiscal commission today released the deficit reduction plan that members will be asked to vote on Friday. Alan...
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Fed Vice Chair Yellen on Fiscal Responsibility
As they read over the draft Fiscal Commission plan released today, many politicians will wonder why in the world should they agree on a plan – any...
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Fiscal Commission Meeting Coming Up
The President's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform will meet this morning to discuss the deficit reduction proposal they will...
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Fiscal Commission to Release Final Report by Tomorrow Morning
The December 1st deadline for the President’s Fiscal Commission has nearly arrived. With a Co-Chairs draft proposal already in circulation (see our...
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Great Minds Think About Budget Process
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) released a report today proposing 15 ways that the federal budget process could be improved to give a clearer picture of the...
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CRFB Urges Fiscal Commission to Agree on a Plan
As the Fiscal Commission discusses its final proposal for deficit reduction, CRFB issued a press release today urging the Commission’s members to come...