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.
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...
Hillary Clinton Releases Infrastructure Plan
This blog is part of a series of " Policy Explainers" for the 2016 presidential election, where we explain some of the candidates' policy proposals...
Five Years Since Simpson-Bowles: How Much of It Have We Enacted?
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform's (Fiscal Commission's) vote on the Simpson-Bowles...
Who Gets What in the Tax Extenders Deal?
Congress is still considering a potential fiscally irresponsible deal to extend the 50-some tax breaks that expired at the end of the year, known as...
Highway Conference Agreement is Both Gimmicky and Costly
Congressional negotiators this week released a conference agreement on highway spending authorization that will largely settle the issue of highway...
Tax Deal Goes Beyond Simple Extensions
Congress is in the process of negotiating a potential $ 700 billion deal that would extend several tax provisions that expired at the end of 2014...
Lankford Publishes Federal Fumbles
Senator James Lankford (R-OK), former Sen. Tom Coburn's (R-OK) successor, is maintaining the Debt Doctor's legacy with his Federal Fumbles book...
Robert L. Bixby and Maya MacGuineas: Campaigns must focus on debt before all else
Robert L. Bixby, executive director of the Concord Coalition, and Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and...