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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Spending Cuts in the President's FY 2025 Budget
The President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget calls for $3.3 trillion of net deficit reduction through 2034, with $6.5 trillion of gross revenue and...
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Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss findings from the Congressional...
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CBO Releases March 2024 Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its March 2024 Long-Term Budget Outlook that projects the nation's fiscal and economic future over...
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Comparing Spending Levels in the President’s 2025 Budget
President Biden proposes spending nearly $7.3 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, or 24.8 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), under his latest...
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Tax Extensions Wipe Away the President’s Budget Savings
The President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal calls for $3.3 trillion of net deficit reduction through 2034. However, these savings could...
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Health Care Proposals in the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget
For more about these proposals, listen to Josh Gordon , CRFB’s Director of Health Policy, on the podcast: Facing the Future . The President's Fiscal...
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CBO Says IRS Cuts Would Be Costly
Rescinding $20 billion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding would ultimately add over $30 billion to the deficit, including $24 billion through...
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An Overview of the President's FY 2025 Budget
The Biden Administration just released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget proposal, outlining some of the President's tax and spending priorities for...
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Maya MacGuineas Discusses President's Budget on "Bloomberg Markets"
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined "Bloomberg Markets" with host Sonali Basak to offer breaking analysis of President Biden's Fiscal...
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The Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion Over the Past Year
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion over the past 12 months, up $36 billion from the 12-month period ending in January and up $107...
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Fact-Checking the 2024 State of the Union
In last night's State of the Union Address, President Biden made a number of claims related to the budget deficit. We've fact-checked three of those...
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New RECA Bill Would Worsen the Debt
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill ( S.3853) to dramatically expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) created to...