Budgets & Projections
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‘Line’ Items: Commissions, Summits, Caps and Dogs
Read moreCommission Coming – The White House says President Obama will create a fiscal commission by executive order within days. Meanwhile, Republicans still...
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Budget Reform Proposals in the President's FY 2011 Budget
Read moreAlthough our initial analysis of the President's Budget focused on his ten-year budget plan, the Budget itself includes much, much more. Nestled in...
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Stimulus Proposals in the President's Budget
Read moreIn the budget released last week, the President outlined his vision for additional economic stimulus. Included in his proposal was $76 billion over 11...
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Does the President's Budget Increase the Deficit or Reduce It? (The Answer Depends on Your Baseline)
Read moreAccording to Obama Administraton, the President's FY2011 reduces the ten-year deficit by $2.1 trillion; or $1.2 trillion if the savings from the Iraq...
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What Will the Budget Look Like in 2020?
Read moreIn our Analysis of the President's FY 2011 Budget, we discussed that, if the President's proposals were enacted, spending would grow to $5.7 trillion...
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‘Line’ Items: Washington Activities Affecting the Bottom Line
Read moreNo Limit to Ploys in House Rules – The House raised the debt limit to $14.3 trillion on Thursday using a procedure that allowed members to approve the...
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Can Anyone Clip Byrd Scholarships' Wings?
Read moreOnce again, a president is trying to get rid of a “small” scholarship program tucked away in the Department of Education. And once again, the attempt...
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Monthly Budget Review Reports $434 billion deficit in FY 2010 Thus Far
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office came out with their Monthly Budget Review yesterday. It states that the federal government incurred a deficit of $434...
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House Rules Stack the Deck for Debt Ceiling Increase
Read moreThe stakes are high and the House is raising the limit and calling the shots. No, we’re not talking Vegas – the casinos wish they were dealing with...
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Still Budgeting Through Footnotes in FY 2011
Read moreA few months ago, we pointed out that the Administration was cheating in its Mid-Session Review budget baseline. Essentially it was taking policies...
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Freeze Leaves Some Cold, Some Toasty
Read moreToday, CRFB released our Analysis of the President's FY 2011 Budget . We will be following-up here at The Bottom Line with shorter analyses discussing...