Blog
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.
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Budget Deal Would Assure Permanent Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Note (2/9/2018): We have published an update to this blog reflecting passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. It is posted here . Lawmakers...
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MacGuineas Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
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Post-State of the Union Fact Check Roundup
The President's first State of the Union address included several claims related to the recently passed tax legislation, including a few repeat claims...
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Facebook Page Remembering Ed Lorenzen
In order to provide information on Ed Lorenzen's tributes and arrangements, we have set up a public Facebook page that will be constantly updated with...
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Debt-O is Back for the State of the Union Address!
President Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...
Washington Post: In a house fire, America loses a devoted servant
Following the untimely death of Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget senior advisor Ed Lorenzen and his son, Michael, The Washington Post's...
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Maya MacGuineas: Wake Up: The Current Fiscal Free-for-All is Untenable
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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IMF: Tax Bill's Boost to Growth is Short-Term
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a new estimate of economic growth, revising their short-term estimate upwards because of the...
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Trillion-Dollar Deficits Could Return Next Year, But A Deal Could Make Them Worse
Trillion-dollar deficits will return next year, and a budget deal in the coming weeks could make them much worse. The continuing resolution (CR) that...
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Three-Week Funding Deal Includes $30 Billion in Tax Cuts
Lawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement to end the federal government shutdown yesterday, but it came with a very high price. The continuing...
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President Trump's Fiscal Record So Far
As the first year of the Trump Presidency closes, it is worth taking a look at how the fiscal health of the country has changed since President Trump...
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House Continuing Resolution Sets Stage for Over $300 Billion in Costs
House Republicans released a draft continuing resolution (CR) last night to extend current levels of discretionary spending through February 16, which...