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.
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Explaining the House Farm Bill
The 2014 farm bill expires on September 30, which means policymakers have less than five months to pass a new one. The House Agriculture Committee has...
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What's in the President's Rescission Request?
Update: CBO released an estimate of the effect of the CHIP rescission on outlays and coverage. CBO estimates that the proposed rescission would not...
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A Conversation with CBO Director Keith Hall
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and our partners at the Campaign to Fix the Debt hosted a conference call conversation with Dr. Keith...
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Multiemployer Pensions: The Next Source of Budget-Busting Legislation?
The newly-created Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Plans is tasked with crafting legislation to improve the finances of the nation...
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Mandatory Spending Makes Up the Bulk of Spending Growth
Over four-fifths of the growth in nominal spending over the next decade is driven by Social Security, federal health programs, and interest on the...
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Rescissions, How Do They Work?
Recent press reports have indicated that the Trump Administration is looking to use a process known as rescission to cut spending from the recent...
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Judd Gregg: Fixing the unfixable — the federal budget
Judd Gregg, a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking member...
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A "Cheat Sheet" to Our Recent Work on Debt
Over the past month, we've been explaining different elements of CBO's recent budget outlook. Below is a summary of our recent work. Decade of Debt...
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Republican Study Committee Releases FY 2019 Budget
While the House and Senate Budget Committees have yet to release a budget for FY 2019, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released its own...
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Budget Barometer: 6 Key Debt Numbers
A good way to judge the national debt is as a share of the overall economy (or GDP). Based on the latest figures from the Congressional Budget Office...
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CBO Sees Major Trust Fund Exhaustions On The Horizon
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that three major trust funds will deplete their reserves within the next ten years, with a fourth exhausting...
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Interest Spending is on Course to Triple
According to CBO's latest projections, the rising cost of interest on the debt is a significant driver of growing deficits and debt. In this piece, we...