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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Burchett, Case, and Womack Introduce RAFT Act
One way to begin addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation is to set fiscal goals, which could come in the form of debt targets. A new bill...
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Support Us on #GivingTuesday
This #GivingTuesday, support the nonpartisan work of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Your tax-deductible contribution will help...
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Win $5,000 from the Fiscal Fallout Contest
We are now accepting submissions for our Fiscal Fallout Contest , where students are given the opportunity to put a human face on the consequences of...
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Case and Womack Introduce Sustainable Budget Act
Building on bipartisan momentum for addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation, Representative Ed Case (D-HI) and House Budget Committee Ranking...
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Enzi-Whitehouse Budget Process Bill Includes Important Reforms
The Senate Budget Committee recently marked up and reported bipartisan legislation to reform the budget process. The Bipartisan Congressional Budget...
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Watch: Opportunities for Lowering Health Care Costs
On November 21, we hosted a major event on reducing health care costs for families, businesses, and the federal government. The event featured two...
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Factchecking and Live-Tweeting the Democratic Presidential Primary Debates
Tonight's Democratic presidential primary debate marks the fifth round of debates of the 2020 campaign and will surely touch on fiscal issues. Through...
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2020 Federal Tax Brackets Are Here
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has released its tax year 2020 inflation adjustments for more than 60 federal tax provisions. To make these...
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Mike Murphy: While Congress Makes Budgeting Look Hard, Americans Show How to Do It
Mike Murphy, the Chief of Staff and Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's FixUs initiative wrote an op-ed that is featured in...
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Bernie Sanders's Social Security Expansion Act
Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has proposed the Social Security Expansion Act, which would increase Social Security benefits...
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Bipartisan Group Introduces TRUST Act
Earlier this week, Senators Mitt Romney (R-UT), Joe Manchin (D-WV), Todd Young (R-IN), Doug Jones (D-AL), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), alongside...
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Marc Goldwein & Tyler Evilsizer: Moving from a debt-busting tax cut to pro-growth tax reform
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Tyler Evilsizer is the deputy...