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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.
Can Economic Growth Save Social Security?
When asked whether they would support raising the Social Security retirement age to avert insolvency during last Wednesday’s Republican presidential...
Options Floated to Offset Israel Aid Package
Congress is currently considering $14.3 billion of supplemental emergency funding to aid Israel and Gaza, with the House having passed a version that...
Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "The Exchange"
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined CNBC's "The Exchange" with Kelly Evans to discuss the recent downgrade of the U.S. debt outlook by...
TCJA Expansions Could Balloon Cost of Extensions
Extending various income and estate tax provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expiring after 2025 would cost $3.4 trillion through 2035...
Paying for Emergency Funding
As Congress considers $14 billion of emergency funding to aid Israel and potentially tens of billions more in other one-time foreign and domestic...
Moore v. US Ruling Could Widen Deficits, Upend Tax Law
A pending Supreme Court case, Moore v. United States, could have implications that undermine existing tax law, upend the tax code, and cost the U.S...
CBO: Israel Supplemental Costs $27 billion
The House of Representatives is set to vote on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act as early as Thursday. This morning, the...
What's in the White House's $56 Billion Domestic Supplemental Request?
Less than a week after requesting $106 billion for national security needs, the Biden Administration submitted to Congress a domestic emergency...
ARCHIVE: Introducing the CRFB Debt Thermometer (2023)
Note: This is an archived version of the initial CRFB Debt Thermometer. For the most recent thermometer, see this page . Fiscal policy has profound...
2023 Revenue Plunge Confirms 2022 Surge Was a Fluke
After surging to 19.3 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, revenue in 2023 plummeted to 16.5 percent of GDP, according to...
2023 Interest Costs Reach $659 Billion
According to final data from the Treasury Department, net interest costs reached $659 billion (2.5 percent of GDP) in fiscal year 2023, a $184 billion...
What’s in the White House’s $106 Billion Supplemental Request?
The Biden Administration submitted to Congress an emergency supplemental funding request last week totaling nearly $106 billion. The request includes...