Sep 10, 2009
CEA Releases Report on the Economic Impact of the Recovery Act
The Council of Economic Advisers has just released their first quarterly report on the economic impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
Blog | September 2009
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.
Sep 9, 2009 | Budget Process
Trigger Happy
REVISED: Today, CRFB issued a press release commenting on the President's statement last night on developing a trigger to ensure that any health care...
Sep 9, 2009 | Health Care
The Deficit Pledge
"I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits – either now or in the future. Period.”That is a clear cut pledge, and a...
Sep 9, 2009 | Health Care
Some Highlights from Obama's Health Care Speech
A few minutes ago, President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress to discuss health care reform. Although he talked about a wide array of...
Sep 9, 2009 | Health Care
Those 'Health Care Gimmicks' Are Still Out There
Today, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation released a Lewin Group analysis of the current House health care reform bill (America’s Affordable...
Sep 9, 2009
Congressional Oversight Panel Reports on Bailout of Auto Industry
This morning, the Congressional Oversight panel released a report on the use of TARP funds to bailout the auto industry, stating that the federal...
Sep 9, 2009 | Health Care
What We'd Like to Hear in the President's Speech Tonight
1. Health reform is first and foremost about controlling costs – There are three major problems people would like to solve through health...
Sep 8, 2009 | Taxes
Ideas for Tax Reform
Recently, Tax Analysts released Toward Tax Reform: Recommendations for President Obama's Task Force , a collection of essays by 32 prominent tax...
Another $95 Billion of Budgeting Through Footnotes
Last week, we wrote about $85 billion worth of stimulus tax cuts which the Obama administration assumed as permanant in their baseline so that they...
Sep 4, 2009
Welcome to The Bottom Line!
CRFB.org has just completed a major web redesign! We encourage you to explore the entire site, along with a whole new USBudgetWatch.org and...