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.
Washington Post: In a house fire, America loses a devoted servant
Following the untimely death of Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget senior advisor Ed Lorenzen and his son, Michael, The Washington Post's...
Maya MacGuineas: Wake Up: The Current Fiscal Free-for-All is Untenable
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
IMF: Tax Bill's Boost to Growth is Short-Term
This week, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) released a new estimate of economic growth, revising their short-term estimate upwards because of the...
Trillion-Dollar Deficits Could Return Next Year, But A Deal Could Make Them Worse
Trillion-dollar deficits will return next year, and a budget deal in the coming weeks could make them much worse. The continuing resolution (CR) that...
Three-Week Funding Deal Includes $30 Billion in Tax Cuts
Lawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement to end the federal government shutdown yesterday, but it came with a very high price. The continuing...
President Trump's Fiscal Record So Far
As the first year of the Trump Presidency closes, it is worth taking a look at how the fiscal health of the country has changed since President Trump...
House Continuing Resolution Sets Stage for Over $300 Billion in Costs
House Republicans released a draft continuing resolution (CR) last night to extend current levels of discretionary spending through February 16, which...
Lawmakers Should Offset Upcoming Disaster Relief
One of many things lawmakers are poised to take up early in the year is additional disaster relief in response to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria...
The Hill: Head of Nonprofit Watchdog Fights with Both Parties
Maya MacGuineas is the president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She was recently profiled in an article by Niv Elis of The Hill...
Sequester Relief is Too Costly to Add to the Credit Card
During the busy end to the year, lawmakers enacted a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through January 19. When that CR ends...
National Economists Club Speech: The Return of Trillion-Dollar Deficits
As lawmakers return for the new year after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), they also face a new budget outlook with higher debt...
Sizing Up Revenue With the Tax Bill Enacted
As lawmakers return for the new year after the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), they also face a new budget outlook with significantly...