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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.
Resources on the Evolving Health Care Debate
With the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) losing support in the Senate on Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced...
House Budget Committee Releases FY 2018 Budget
House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black (R-TN) today released the Chairman’s mark of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution. The budget...
Maya MacGuineas: President Trump’s Logic on Social Security is Backwards
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
Is CBO's Math on the BCRA Wrong Because It Uses Faulty Numbers?
The White House tweeted out a video Wednesday saying "the Congressional Budget Office's [CBO] math doesn't add up" because they use "faulty numbers."...
Maya MacGuineas: White House Video Continues Dispiriting Pattern of CBO Attacks
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
CBO Releases Its Own Estimate of the President's Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's budget today. The estimate shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, a much worse...
How Might CBO Estimate the President's Budget?
When the President released his budget in May, the Administration estimated it would reach balance after a decade and reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio...
How Committees Could Meet Reconciliation Instructions for Mandatory Savings
(Update 7/20/2017): The House Budget Committe has since released its FY 2018 budget resolution and reconciliation instructions. You can read an...
Judd Gregg: The Fed Leaps into the Unknown
The Trump administration does not seem to consider the deficit or the federal debt to be much of a concern.
Did the Trade Deficit Cause $20 Trillion in Debt?
In a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, President Trump suggested that the national debt is caused by years of trade deficits. However...
Long-Term Estimate: Senate Health Care Bill Could Save $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the Senate health care bill, the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), would save $321 billion...
4 Ideas That Should Be Considered For Any Health Reform Package
It is unclear whether the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) – the Senate GOP's proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA or...