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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If Congress Only Does Four Things in a Budget Resolution...
Yesterday, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released a one-page list of principles to help guide policymakers in crafting a budget...
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Will the Next President Budget Responsibly?
Today, Fix the Debt and the Concord Coalition launched First Budget – an effort to engage voters and candidates in a discussion about the nation’s...
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Gene Steuerle: President Obama’s Middle-Class Tax Message in the State of the Union
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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CRFB Livetweets and Fact Checks the State of the Union
Tonight at 9:00 PM, President Obama will address Congress and the nation in the State of the Union address. As he lays out his agenda for this year...
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Play DEBT-O During the State of the Union
President Obama's State of the Union address is tonight at 9 p.m. In preparation of his speech, we've brought back our great State of the Union fiscal...
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MY VIEW: Judd Gregg January 2015
Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
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Nunes Offers a Way Forward for Business Tax Reform
With tax reform heating up, House Ways and Means member Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) has gotten the ball rolling with a business tax reform plan called the...
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Milstein Symposium: Can Startups Save the American Dream?
Stronger economic growth is one possible way to reduce deficits, but it is often difficult to identify which policies produce the strongest growth...
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Van Hollen Proposes Middle Class Tax Cuts
At an event at the Center for American Progress, House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) unveiled an " Action Plan" to broadly...
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A Medical Device Tax Repeal Should Be Fiscally Responsible
The brand new 114th Congress is at it again. Only weeks into the term, a second fiscally irresponsible change to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has...
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Will Falling Gas Prices Lead to a Long-Term Highway Solution?
Interest in increasing the gas tax appears to be heating up as policymakers realize the Highway Trust Fund is running on fumes, and an upcoming Fiscal...
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Fiscal Speed Bumps Will Keep the New Congress Busy
Although the 114th Congress is just getting settled, it will have to move quickly to address a series of deadlines with serious policy and fiscal...