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.
Meeting Fiscal Goals Under CBO’s January 2025 Baseline
Stabilizing debt over the next decade at its current share of the economy would require $9.0 trillion of deficit reduction relative to the...
Weakening the SALT Cap is Costly, Benefits High-Earners, & Increases Tax Complexity
The Tax Policy Center (TPC) recently published analyses of several options to raise the $10,000 State and Local Tax (SALT) deduction cap, which is set...
CBO’s Discretionary Savings Options
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) recently released its Options for Reducing the Deficit, outlining a number of policy options to reduce the...
More than 4/5 of Spending Growth Will Come from Social Security, Health, & Interest
From Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to 2035, nominal spending will grow by 53 percent according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline. About...
Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss the nation's fiscal outlook, President...
Has TCJA Paid For Itself?
In early 2018, following passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the Congressional Budget Office projected revenue collection would total about...
Trump’s Latest Tariff Plan Could Raise $1.5 Trillion
President Trump has announced that he is planning to impose a 10 percent tariff on all imports from China and a 25 percent tariff on imports from...
Marc Goldwein on CNBC's "The Exchange"
The Committee's senior vice president and senior policy director, Marc Goldwein, recently appeared on CNBC's "The Exchange" alongside Don Schneider...
CBO Releases January 2025 Budget and Economic Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January 2025 Budget and Economic Outlook today, projecting that the national debt remains on an...
Maya MacGuineas on Bloomberg TV's "Wall Street Week"
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Wall Street Week" to discuss the fiscal situation of the incoming...
CBO’s Medicare Savings Options
Medicare – a federal program that provides health insurance to seniors and some individuals with disabilities – is one of the largest and fastest...
Case and Womack Renew Efforts with the Sustainable Budget Act
Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Steve Womack (R-AR) recently reintroduced the Sustainable Budget Act (H.R. 222), which would establish an 18-member...