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.
Join the CRFB Team!
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is pleased to announce three new job openings. Those who are interested can visit our jobs page for a...
How the House Trade Bills Abide by PAYGO
Big economic policy news came last week when lawmakers announced a bipartisan agreement (H.R. 1890) to revive Trade Promotion Authority in order to...
Bipartisan Plan Paves Way for Transportation Reform
At the end of May, lawmakers will have to reauthorize surface transportation spending, and by the summer, they will need to have a solution to address...
CRFB and FTD Publish Q&A on the Budget Conference
We published a paper with our partners at Fix the Debt last week to help answer questions about the budget conference committee that met for the first...
An 'Interactive' Analysis of Christie's & Sanders's Social Security Plans
Earlier this week, CRFB analyzed a new plan from New Jersey Governor Chris Christie that, among other things, would close about 60 percent of the...
Continuing Coburn's Legacy, Rep. Russell Publishes Waste Watch No. 1
In an ode to former Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and his work to shed light on government waste with the annual publication of his Wastebook, freshman Rep...
CRFB Publishes Analysis of Budget Process in the FY 2016 Budget Resolutions
With the House and Senate preparing to go to conference to work out the differences between their budget resolutions, we published a paper Tuesday...
House and Senate Budgets Don't Balance in 2025 With Enacted Legislation
The House and Senate are going to a conference committee to reconcile the differences between their budget resolutions, but legislative developments...
Tax Day 2015: Charts to Explain Our Tax System
In honor of tax day, CRFB and our partners at Fix the Debt released a Tax Day 2015 chartbook yesterday, with ten charts (and one table) that explain...
A Budget Conference - Now What?
The House and Senate will soon appoint a formal conference committee to iron out differences between their two budgets, even though press reports...
A Quick Take on Governor Christie's Entitlement Plan
This morning, Governor Chris Christie (R-NJ) delivered an important speech in New Hampshire on the need for entitlement reform. The speech not only...
SGR Bill Triggers Several Rule Violations
We have described at length the fiscal irresponsibility of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill (H.R. 2) working its way through Congress --...