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.
Short-Term Extenders Package Is Still Irresponsible
Faced with the possible opposition over a $700 billion deal to extend permanently some of the expiring " tax extenders", Congress may consider a bill...
Senate Democrats Ask for Extenders to be Offset
Last week Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Angus King (I-ME), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), sent a letter to...
Loren Adler: Tax Extenders Deal Could Undermine the ACA
Loren Adler, Research Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a guest post that appeared on the RealClearPolicy blog . It...
Peuquet Highlights Importance of Budget Debates
As we face an end-of-the-year legislative crunch that promises to be fiscally irresponsible, former Research Director of the Committee for a...
Are Tax Extenders Worth The Cost?
As Congress appears to be closing in on a fiscally irresponsible tax extenders deal that's expected to cost $700 billion in the next decade and as...
Kent Conrad: Congress should pay for any extension of tax breaks
Kent Conrad, former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote a commentary in The Hill . It is reposted here. Just under three years ago – in my...
GOP Campaigns Discuss Tax Plans
The Conservative Reform Network and Americans for Tax Reform recently hosted a forum where representatives from the Republican presidential campaigns...
Health Reform Issues That 2016 Candidates Should Consider
The Brookings Institution’s Center on Children and Families recently held an event to discuss issues for the 2016 presidential candidates to emphasize...
Maya MacGuineas: To Keep Expiring Tax Cuts, Congress Considers Another Borrowing Bonanza
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
Update: What Will Happen If the Government Shuts Down?
Here we go again, again. With government funding set to expire at the end of the week and no deal on the table, it is possible that the government...
Washington Post Criticizes Senate Vote to Repeal the Cadillac Tax
There were many legislative developments in the past week, including the passage of a five-year highway bill and continued negotiations on a tax deal...
CMS Finds Pickup in Health Care Spending Growth in 2014
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its National Health Expenditure (NHE) numbers for 2014 today, showing an expected pickup...