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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.
Appropriations Watch: FY 2024
Updated 12/6/2023: The Senate Appropriations Committee released a $110.5 billion national security supplemental on Tuesday night. The measure includes...
CBO Scores National Security and Border Bill at $113 Billion
The Senate will soon consider a bill combining President Biden's national security supplemental funding request with border security measures. The...
Vivek Ramaswamy's Proposal to Increase Defense Spending
Vivek Ramaswamy, businessman and current GOP presidential candidate, has proposed increasing spending on national defense to at least 4 percent of...
Comparing 2024 Appropriations Levels
With the passage of the second continuing resolution (CR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, Congress should turn to passing full-year appropriations bills...
Five Revenue-Raising Loophole Closures Policymakers Should Consider
George Callas of Arnold Ventures, who previously served as a senior tax counsel in the U.S. House of Representatives – both for the Ways and Means...
Year-End Tax Deal Could Cost Over $800 Billion if Made Permanent
According to press reports , policymakers are apparently negotiating a possible year-end tax package that would temporarily expand the Child Tax...
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 11/17/2023: On Thursday, the President signed a second continuing resolution (CR) for fiscal year 2024 that is "laddered," or consists of two...
Maya MacGuineas on "Bloomberg Surveillance"
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined "Bloomberg Surveillance" with hosts Tom Keene, Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz to discuss the...
Event Recap: Second Annual Health Solutions Summit
On November 8th, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its second annual Health Solutions Summit in partnership with the Healthcare...
Nikki Haley's Proposal to Repeal IRA Green Tax Credits
Recently, former United Nations Ambassador and current GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a speech at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, in...
Can Economic Growth Save Social Security?
When asked whether they would support raising the Social Security retirement age to avert insolvency during last Wednesday’s Republican presidential...
Options Floated to Offset Israel Aid Package
Congress is currently considering $14.3 billion of supplemental emergency funding to aid Israel and Gaza, with the House having passed a version that...