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.
Maya MacGuineas on C-SPAN’s “Q&A”
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, recently appeared on C-SPAN’s “Q&A” and discussed a variety of topics...
Dave Walker: Washington’s chance to reform the status quo
David Walker is a former Comptroller General of the United States (head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office) and is a member of the Committee...
Budget Will Be Difficult to Balance Without ACA Savings
For the past three years, Republicans have proposed budgets with a goal of achieving balance within the next decade. However, that goal will be much...
Amendments to the Senate Budget Resolution Regarding the ACA Would Promote Fiscal Responsibility
Last week, the Senate began consideration of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget resolution, which is primarily being used to create a legislative...
Senator Flake Releases "Wastebook: PORKémon Go" to Catch Federal Waste
Hoping to “catch egregious spending lurking in federal budgets,” Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) released Wastebook: PORKémon Go yesterday, highlighting 50...
Repeal and Delay Shouldn't Increase Near-Term Deficits
Last week, we estimated that repealing the Affordable Care Act's ("Obamacare" or "ACA") revenue and coverage provisions would save about $750 billion...
Full Repeal of Obamacare Would Hasten Medicare's Insolvency
Earlier this week, we released a report estimating the cost full repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, and the savings...
Different Approaches to ACA Repeal have Different Costs and/or Savings
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote an op-ed that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington Wire...
Video: Cost of Repealing the Affordable Care Act
Newsy Newslook made a handy video for USA Today explaining our new report on the cost of repealing the Affordable Care Act. The report shows full...
Chairman Enzi Introduces FY 2017 Budget Resolution Providing for ACA Repeal in Senate
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2017 today narrowly focused on repealing the...
Lowering the Bar for "Revenue Neutral" Tax Reform
One of the key questions of comprehensive tax reform will be its budgetary target. Congressional leaders have set a revenue-neutral target, raising as...
2016 Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
As 2016 comes to a close, it’s time to look back at the top fiscal developments of the year. Being optimists here at the Committee for a Responsible...