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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.
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...
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...
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...
Bipartisan Budget Act Means the Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Lawmakers have passed a budget deal that will increase deficits by $320 billion over a decade or almost $420 billion with interest and sets the stage...
Budget Deal Would Bust Original BCA Caps
The budget deal currently being considered by Congress would increase discretionary spending caps over the next two years by $165 billion for defense...
Budget Deal Could Ultimately Add $2 Trillion in Debt
The budget deal lawmakers have agreed to would increase discretionary spending above and beyond repeal of the sequester and the caps set in law under...
CBO Finds Budget Deal Will Cost $320 Billion
The Congressional Budget Office has released a series of estimates for the budget deal announced yesterday. The deal would add $320 billion to...
Budget Deal Would Assure Permanent Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Note (2/9/2018): We have published an update to this blog reflecting passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. It is posted here . Lawmakers...
MacGuineas Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
Post-State of the Union Fact Check Roundup
The President's first State of the Union address included several claims related to the recently passed tax legislation, including a few repeat claims...
Facebook Page Remembering Ed Lorenzen
In order to provide information on Ed Lorenzen's tributes and arrangements, we have set up a public Facebook page that will be constantly updated with...
Debt-O is Back for the State of the Union Address!
President Donald Trump will give his first State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing analysis...