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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New Discussions on a Carbon Tax
The Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently released a primer on carbon taxes. The report outlines how the construction of a carbon tax matters for its...
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CBO Forecasts Costs of Climate Change
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released new estimates of the cost of climate change, specifically as it relates to hurricanes. The report...
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SSDI Solutions Initiative Releases SSDI Primer
In advance of the August 4th SSDI Solutions Conference, the McCrery-Pomeroy SSDI Solutions Initiative has released a short primer to kick off its new...
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Levin, Baldwin Introduce Bill to Close Carried Interest Loophole
Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) have introduced a bill to close a well-known tax loophole that...
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Senate Budget Committee Reports Crime Victims Fund Legislation
Last week, the Senate Budget Committee passed a bill to limit the use of the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) as a back-door method to increase appropriations...
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One Month to Go for Highway Funding
In a newly released ticker, the Department of Transportation has shown that there is one month left for lawmakers to decide on funding for the Highway...
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Defunding Health Care Innovation Jeopardizes the Budget
In a move that could stall promising health care delivery system reforms and drive up entitlement spending, the House Appropriations Committee last...
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How Uncertain Are CBO's Long-Term Projections?
Any budget projections, including CBO's long-term outlook, are inherently uncertain, and it is important to understand how projections might change...
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CBO's Outlook for Long-Term Health Care Spending
Health care spending is arguably the most important part of CBO's long-term outlook, being a key driver of our nation's growing debt over the long...
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Samuelson to Lawmakers: Spread the Pain
As Washington digests this year’s CBO Long Term-Budget Outlook, Robert J. Samuelson of The Washington Post offered up his criticism of the country’s...
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Waiting To Reduce Debt Makes It More Difficult
In their recently released long-term outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) laid out multiple scenarios for addressing our unsustainable long...
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8 Great Ways To Grapple With Gimmicks
In recent years, lawmakers have frequently used budget gimmicks to get around rules designed to maintain budgetary discipline -- if they pay attention...