A "Dynamic" Amendment to the Senate Budget
Among the many amendments that were voted on to the Senate budget resolution, one caught the eye of POLITICO: Sen. Rob Portman's (R-OH) amendment to...
Blog | March 2013
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.
Mar 29, 2013 | Budgets & Projections
The Uncertainty of Long-Term Projections
The Economic Policy Institute's Ethan Pollack has a blog post questioning the accuracy and ultimate usefulness of long-term (75-year) budget...
Mar 29, 2013 | Health Care
Common Ground on Medicare Reform?
Listening to reports on recent budget negotiations in Washington may lead you to believe compromise between the two parties is near impossible,...
Mar 28, 2013
My VIEW: Bill Frenzel
On Tuesday, President Obama signed the continuing resolution funding the government for the remainder of FY 2013. As we've explained before, the bill...
Mar 28, 2013
Line Items: Sweet Sixteen Edition
Bittersweet – The madness is here. The NCAA tournament field has been reduced to 16 teams, and after this weekend there will be only four...
Notable Amendments to the Senate-Passed Budget
As the Senate worked on its FY 2014 budget resolution, which passed by a 50-49 vote late last week, hundreds of amendments were filed in a process...
An Interesting Analysis of Interest Rates
The Congressional Budget Office has been busy on its blog lately, posting both snapshots of federal programs and also publishing responses to...
Alice Rivlin To Receive 2013 Robert M. Ball Award
CRFB board member and former CBO and OMB director Alice Rivlin is somewhat of a legend in the budget world, with a long line of work spanning from...
Mar 26, 2013
Reminder: The US Spends Far More On Health Care Than Other Countries
It's a well known fact that the U.S. spends much more than other industrialized countries on health care, but just how much more can be surprising....
Mar 26, 2013 | Social Security
NPR Takes a Look at Disability Insurance
In a recent story called “Unfit for Work: The Startling Rise of Disability in America,” Chana Joffe-Walt of NPR's Planet Money takes an...