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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.
$200 Billion in Mandatory Savings Should Not Be Too Difficult
One of the debates preceding the House Budget resolution was whether the resolution should call for $200 billion of mandatory savings. This week's...
CBO's Score of the Latest Senate Health Bill
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated score of the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA). This version includes...
Options for Meeting the House Budget's Reconciliation Instructions
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution includes reconciliation instructions requiring 11 House committees to report legislation that...
Resources on the Evolving Health Care Debate
With the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) losing support in the Senate on Monday evening, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced...
House Budget Committee Releases FY 2018 Budget
House Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black (R-TN) today released the Chairman’s mark of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution. The budget...
Maya MacGuineas: President Trump’s Logic on Social Security is Backwards
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
Is CBO's Math on the BCRA Wrong Because It Uses Faulty Numbers?
The White House tweeted out a video Wednesday saying "the Congressional Budget Office's [CBO] math doesn't add up" because they use "faulty numbers."...
Maya MacGuineas: White House Video Continues Dispiriting Pattern of CBO Attacks
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
CBO Releases Its Own Estimate of the President's Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's budget today. The estimate shows, perhaps unsurprisingly, a much worse...
How Might CBO Estimate the President's Budget?
When the President released his budget in May, the Administration estimated it would reach balance after a decade and reduce the debt-to-GDP ratio...
How Committees Could Meet Reconciliation Instructions for Mandatory Savings
(Update 7/20/2017): The House Budget Committe has since released its FY 2018 budget resolution and reconciliation instructions. You can read an...
Judd Gregg: The Fed Leaps into the Unknown
The Trump administration does not seem to consider the deficit or the federal debt to be much of a concern.