Nov 11, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
Gaps Return to State Budgets
In a recent report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), mid-year budget shortfalls, totaling $16 billion or 4 percent of these...
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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.
Stop Us Before We Spend Again
President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, Maya MacGuineas, testified before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to form a...
Nov 10, 2009 | Budgets & Projections
Treasury Ends Capital Assistance Program
Yesterday, the Treasury announced that the Capital Assistance Program (CAP), one of TARP’s several programs, will close, having made no...
Nov 10, 2009
CRFB on Capitol Hill
Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, will testify today before the Senate Budget Committee on proposals to...
Nov 10, 2009
Bill to Extend Key Stimulus Measures Becomes Law
On Friday, the President signed into law a bill to extend several notable provisions under February's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The...
Nov 9, 2009 | Health Care
House Passes Health Reform Legislation Saturday
The House passed health care overhaul legislation on Saturday night by a vote of 220 – 215, with 39 Democrats opposing the bill and one...
Nov 9, 2009
Five More FDIC Bank Closings
On Friday evening, the FDIC reported that it has taken over an additional five banks (United Commercial Bank, Gateway Bank of St. Louis, Propseran...
Nov 9, 2009 | Economics
Weekend Editorial Roundup
Here are the highlights from this weekend’s editorials on fiscal and budget policy:The Washington Post criticized the House health care bill...
Nov 6, 2009 | Health Care
Event Recap: Will Health Reform Heal the Federal Budget?
This morning, US Budget Watch, a joint project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and The Pew Charitable Trusts, hosted an event on...
CBO/JCT Report Roundup
A number of very interesting and relevant reports have come out of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) this...