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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Lawmakers Should Offset Upcoming Disaster Relief
One of many things lawmakers are poised to take up early in the year is additional disaster relief in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria...
The Hill: Head of Nonprofit Watchdog Fights with Both Parties
Maya MacGuineas is the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She was recently profiled in an article by Niv Elis of The Hill...
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Sequester Relief is Too Costly to Add to the Credit Card
During the busy end to the year, lawmakers enacted a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through January 19. When that CR ends...
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National Economists Club Speech: The Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
As lawmakers return for the new year after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), they also face a new budget outlook with higher debt...
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Sizing Up Revenue With the Tax Bill Enacted
As lawmakers return for the new year after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), they also face a new budget outlook with significantly...
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Resources for Tax Reform
Efforts to reform the tax code are underway, and the legislative process is in full swing. CRFB has been tracking and compiling the scores of each...
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Official Analysis Finds Tax Bill Will Produce Marginal Growth, Cost $1.1 Trillion
At the end of December, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released its final dynamic analysis of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). JCT's analysis...
Our Top 10 Charts of 2017
The year 2017 was a busy time for budget policy as lawmakers considered major legislation dealing with health care and taxes following the...
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Marc Goldwein: Debt Matters Even More After Tax Bill's Passage
Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Lawmakers Are Getting Closer to Bringing Back Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Lawmakers are closer to making trillion-dollar deficits a reality again by next fiscal year as a result of the passage of the final, conferenced...
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Maya MacGuineas: Standing Strong Against Increasing the National Debt
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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Comparing the Conference Report With the House & Senate Tax Bills
The House-Senate conference committee has released its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and we've updated our blog comparing the final...