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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The Greenspan Commission at 35: Time for Another Commission?
December 16 marks the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the National Commission on Social Security Reform – or the Greenspan Commission – which...
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Mike Murphy: 10 Things Trump Should Do to Secure Our Fiscal Future
Mike Murphy, the Chief of Staff and Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that...
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Johnson Introduces Social Security Solvency Legislation
Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security introduced a bill yesterday to make Social Security sustainably...
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Don't Count on 4% Growth
During the campaign, President-elect Trump frequently claimed his policies would grow the economy by 4 percent per year, also mentioning growth...
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CBO Releases 2016 Budget Options
The Congressional Budget Office released a report Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2017 to 2026, with 115 budget options that either increase...
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Event Recap: Chairman Price Releases Budget Process Agenda
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) outlined his recommendations for budget process reforms last week during a keynote lecture at an...
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Co-Chairs Daniels, Panetta, and Penny Urge Trump to be Fiscally Responsible
At an event in Washington, DC on December 1, CRFB co-chairs Mitch Daniels, Leon Panetta, and Tim Penny presented their memo to President-elect Donald...
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Rudolph Penner: Enacting the Trump Fiscal Agenda Won't Be Easy
Dr. Rudolph Penner was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1983 to 1987, and he is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a...
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What's The Plan to Replace 'Obamacare'?
When President-elect Trump takes office, repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare") is likely to be an early agenda item. While he...
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Judd Gregg: Passing Tax Reform 101
A wall all along the southern border would surely be a signature event.
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Cures Bill Has Been Released
Note: This blog has been updated from its original posting to account for the manager's amendment, which strikes the child and family services section...
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Senator James Lankford Releases Second Federal Fumbles Report
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today released his second annual report on the federal government’s wasteful spending, Federal Fumbles: 100 Ways the...