According to the Associated Press, President Obama has encouraged House leaders to support the Senate's excise tax on high-cost insurance plans. As we...

CRFB board member and former CBO and OMB director, Alice Rivlin, argued in Bloomberg, today, that policymakers should put a deficit-reduction plan in...

Today’s New York Times article on the difficulty President Obama faces in keeping his promise about deficit reduction and tax cuts, Promise to Trim...

At this week’s American Economic Association meetings in Atlanta, two economists, Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart, explore how high levels of...

John Podesta and Mike Ettlinger of the Center for American Progress have an op-ed in Financial Times today, calling for a 10 year plan to close the...

Last month, the International Monetary Fund released a report identifying successful measures that countries should keep in mind as they cope with...

On December 18, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional seven banks ( First Federal Bank of California, Imperial Capital Bank...

We hope all of our readers had very happy holidays. Now that we are back from our vacation, there is a lot to report on regarding congressional...

As a heads up to all of The Bottom Line's loyal readers, we wanted to let you know that we will be taking a break from blogging over the holidays. But...

UPDATE: CBO mistakenly overestimated the deficit-reducing effect of the Medicare Commission in their score. As a result, they now estimate deficit...

Congress will leave town for the holidays without completing some serious fiscal business, but with a full agenda for next year. The House and Senate...

In a blog post earlier this week, Stan Collender presented a laundry list of suggestions about how deficit hawks can be more effective. As a proud...