May 18, 2021 | Other Spending
State & Local Aid is On Its Way, But Is It Needed?
Last week, the Department of Treasury issued guidelines...
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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.
May 14, 2021 | Other Spending
Spending in the American Jobs Plan vs. the 2018 Senate Infrastructure Plan
Last month, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the ...
May 14, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Eugene Steuerle: How Existing Budgetary Commitments Could Affect President Biden’s Domestic Policy Goals
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute, as well as a member of the Committee...
CRFB Launches Suite of Budget Games
Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget launched Budgeting for the Future, a suite of...
May 13, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
New Poll Finds Americans Worry About the Debt and Want the Budget More Balanced Between Generations
A new Ipsos poll finds that a strong majority of Americans are concerned about the national debt and want federal spending to be more balanced...
May 12, 2021 | Other Spending
Congress Should Spend Responsibly and Invest Wisely
Between the American Jobs Plan and the...
May 11, 2021 | Budget Process
Senator Lummis Introduces Sustainable Budget Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) recently ...
May 11, 2021 | Taxes
Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: Biden should embrace a carbon tax
Erskine Bowles served as Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
May 7, 2021 | Budget Process
Kinzinger and Phillips Call for a Bipartisan Commission to Address the Deficit
Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) recently...
COVID Relief Lifted Personal Income to Record Levels
Of the $5.9 trillion ($5.2 trillion net) of enacted COVID relief, we estimate $3.6...
Apr 28, 2021 | Other Spending
What's in President Biden's American Families Plan?
This evening, President Joe Biden will unveil the third part of his ambitious “Build Back Better” agenda, the American Families Plan. According to...
Apr 22, 2021
Reflections on the Ed Lorenzen Fiscal Internship
By Dominic Gatti
It has been an honor to be the inaugural Ed Lorenzen Fiscal Intern, the position named in memory of a close...
TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction
Last week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers ...
Apr 20, 2021 | Taxes
Repealing the SALT Cap Would be More Regressive than the TCJA
Recently, a number of Members of Congress...
Apr 20, 2021 | Budget Process
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
The next few years will include several predictable fiscal policy deadlines that will force congressional action. Many provisions providing...
Apr 20, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
GAO Releases Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published its latest report ...
Apr 19, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Committee Sends Congress a Briefing Book on the Budget
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently shared our updated "...
