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.
Year-End Tax Deal Could Cost Over $800 Billion if Made Permanent
UPDATE (January 2024): We have published an updated analysis of this tax deal. You can find the updated analysis here . According to press reports...
Maya MacGuineas on "Bloomberg Surveillance"
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined "Bloomberg Surveillance" with hosts Tom Keene, Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz to discuss the...
Event Recap: Second Annual Health Solutions Summit
On November 8th, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its second annual Health Solutions Summit in partnership with the Healthcare...
Nikki Haley's Proposal to Repeal IRA Green Tax Credits
Recently, former United Nations Ambassador and current GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley made a speech at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, in...
Can Economic Growth Save Social Security?
When asked whether they would support raising the Social Security retirement age to avert insolvency during last Wednesday’s Republican presidential...
Options Floated to Offset Israel Aid Package
Congress is currently considering $14.3 billion of supplemental emergency funding to aid Israel and Gaza, with the House having passed a version that...
Maya MacGuineas on CNBC's "The Exchange"
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined CNBC's "The Exchange" with Kelly Evans to discuss the recent downgrade of the U.S. debt outlook by...
TCJA Expansions Could Balloon Cost of Extensions
Extending various income and estate tax provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expiring after 2025 would cost $3.4 trillion through 2035...
Paying for Emergency Funding
As Congress considers $14 billion of emergency funding to aid Israel and potentially tens of billions more in other one-time foreign and domestic...
Moore v. US Ruling Could Widen Deficits, Upend Tax Law
A pending Supreme Court case, Moore v. United States, could have implications that undermine existing tax law, upend the tax code, and cost the U.S...
CBO: Israel Supplemental Costs $27 billion
The House of Representatives is set to vote on the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act as early as Thursday. This morning, the...
What's in the White House's $56 Billion Domestic Supplemental Request?
Less than a week after requesting $106 billion for national security needs, the Biden Administration submitted to Congress a domestic emergency...