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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WATCH: MacGuineas Testifies Before Ways & Means Tax Policy Subcommittee
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the House Ways and Means Tax Policy Subcommittee on tax...
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WATCH: MacGuineas Testifies Before House Budget Committee
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the House Budget Committee on CBO Oversight on...
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Maya MacGuineas to Testify Before Two Congressional Committees on Wednesday
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas will testify before two House Committees on Wednesday, March 14 on two important...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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The President's Budget Proposes Smart Health Savings
Much of the health care discussion in President Trump's FY 2019 budget has focused on his $700 billion plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care...
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Event Recap: Better Budget Process Summit
On February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit on “Rebuilding Confidence in...
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WATCH: The Better Budget Process Summit
On February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit. This year’s summit featured an...
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Does the President's Budget Slash Social Security and Medicare?
Several lawmakers have claimed that President Trump's latest budget would " slash," " gut," and " devastate" Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid...
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Debt Could Be 20 Percent of GDP Higher than President's Budget Claims
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) typically publishes its own estimate of the President's budget about a month after the budget's initial release...
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A Short Primer on the Congressional Budget Office
With the House and Senate recently undergoing oversight hearings of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), it's helpful to remember what CBO is and...
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An Overview of the President's FY 2019 Budget
Moments ago, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget proposals, outlining his tax and spending proposals for the next decade. We...
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MacGuineas to Senate Subcommittee: Budget Process Reform Needed
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management held a hearing on Tuesday...