Mar 9, 2017 | Health Care
What's in the GOP Obamacare Replacement Bill?
Update (3/21/2017): This description is relevant for the original version of the American Health Care Act. An amended version was released on March...
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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.
Mar 8, 2017 | Taxes
How Much Does the House GOP Tax Plan Cost?
The tax reform conversation so far has mostly focused on House Republicans' "Better Way" Blueprint released last summer (we explain the plan in...
JCT: ACA Repeal Will Cut Taxes by At Least $600 Billion
In light of the House GOP releasing their bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"), the Joint Committee on...
Mar 6, 2017 | Taxes
Gene Steuerle: Before We Reform Tax Policy, We Need to Know What Is Working
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute fellow at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
Mar 6, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Cutting the Smallest and Slowest Growing Part of the Budget
President Trump's March budget release will reportedly increase defense spending next year by $54 billion and cut non-defense spending by the...
Mar 6, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB Co-Chair Leon Panetta Tells Face the Nation We Must “Put Everything on the Table”
CRFB Co-Chair Leon Panetta was on Face the Nation on CBS this Sunday. Among a variety of topics, the former Secretary of Defense, Director of the...
Mar 2, 2017 | Health Care
10 Ideas to Improve the House GOP Obamacare Replacement
Last week, a draft House GOP bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare") was leaked to several outlets, and...
Mar 1, 2017 | Other Spending
Has Debt Gone Down By $12 Billion Since Trump Took Office?
On Twitter, President Trump claimed the national debt decreased by $12 billion during his first month in office, as opposed to increasing during...
Feb 28, 2017 | Other Spending
Is Trump Proposing One of the Largest Defense Increases in History?
In his joint address to Congress, President Trump said, "I am sending the Congress a budget that rebuilds the military, eliminates the defense...
Feb 28, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Join CRFB as We Live Tweet the President's Address to Congress
President Trump will give his first address before a joint session of Congress tonight at 9 PM Eastern time. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech,...