Feb 2, 2010 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB in the News
With the release of the President's budget yesterday, CRFB has received a ton of media coverage, including The Washington Post, Financial Times, CNN...
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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.
Feb 2, 2010
CRFB Policy Director to Participate In Politico Web Chat at Noon
UPDATE: Web chat is beginning and is now live.Today at noon (9am Pacific), CRFB Policy Director Marc Goldwein will be participating in a live...
Feb 1, 2010 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB Comments on Administration Budget
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget today applauded President Obama for proposing a specific fiscal goal in his Fiscal...
Feb 1, 2010
Six More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional five banks (American Marine Bank, First Regional Bank, Community Bank and...
President Releases $3.8 Trillion Budget
President Obama released a Fiscal 2011 budget request today that would spend some $3.834 trillion next year and projects a deficit of $1.267 trillion...
Feb 1, 2010 | Other Spending
Is Obama the Spending Terminator?
In a blog post, this weekend, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer outlined some of the terminations, reductions, and savings to be...
How Refreshing to Have a Plan with…Brace Yourself…Details!
Congressman Paul Ryan’s Roadmap for America’s Future 2.0 is a standout accomplishment if for no other reason than that it deals with...
Jan 30, 2010
FISCAL FACT CHECKER: The Obama-Hensarling Exchange
CRFB decided to fact check the exchange between President Obama and Congressman Hensarling at the Republican retreat. Here is the transcript with our...
Jan 29, 2010 | Other Spending
Note to Clemons: Freeze Won’t Hurt Competitiveness; Too Much Debt Will
Our good friend Steve Clemons of the New America Foundation wrote in The Washington Note, this week, that President Obama's proposed spending Freeze...
Jan 29, 2010 | Budget Process
No Deficit of Politics in Debt Limit Vote
Like peanut butter and jelly, diet and exercise, and bourbon and bacon (or is that just us?) PAYGO and spending caps are best when together. You...