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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How Camp's Discussion Draft Would Impact the Economy
Along with its analysis of the conventional revenue impacts ( summarized here by CRFB), the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) analyzed the potential...
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Double Counting: The Tax Reform Act and the Highway Trust Fund
The Tax Reform Act of 2014, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's (R-MI) discussion draft, is a sizeable document touching almost all parts of the...
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Comparison Chart: How Camp's Tax Reform Plan Stacks Up
On Wednesday, House Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp released a detailed tax reform discussion draft, which we summarize and analyze here. On its own...
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CRFB's Analysis of the Tax Reform Act
To understand Rep. Dave Camp's (R-MI) tax reform discussion draft, you could read the 194-page section-by-section summary of the bill. Or you could...
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OCO Gimmick Makes an Unwanted (and Unnecessary) Comeback
A few weeks ago, we talked about the Senate veterans bill proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders, which would increase spending on veterans and pay for it...
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Fix the Debt Paper on Camp's Tax Reform Proposal
Yesterday, House Ways & Means Chairman Dave Camp released a tax reform discussion draft, and we commended him for the level of detail and...
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Revenue Impacts of Camp's Tax Reform Proposal
Earlier today, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the Tax Reform Act of 2014, which would drastically restructure the U.S. tax...
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Camp Proposes Draft to Cut Rates and Trim Deductions
In a widely anticipated move in the tax world, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) has released a comprehensive tax reform discussion draft...
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Defense Department Trims Personnel Costs and Other Programs To Live Within Means
In a somewhat atypical move, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel previewed in a speech yesterday the Department of Defense's (DoD's) budget request for...
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Brookings' Pathway to Reforming the Budget
In a new and informative series on Reforming the Budget, the Brookings Institution looked at challenges facing the budget process and proposed...
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CRFB Launches Tax Reform Resource Page
Tomorrow, House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) is expected to release his comprehensive tax reform proposal after a series of discussion...
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Line Items: Ceremonial Closing Edition
Closing the Ceremony – The Winter Olympics ended in Sochi, Russia on Sunday with the closing ceremony. The eye-catching spectacle put an exclamation...