Jan 30, 2017 | Other Spending
The Wall Should Be Paid For
Congress is expecting a request from the Trump Administration for $12 to $15 billion in supplemental appropriations to fund the construction of a...
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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.
Jan 30, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Judd Gregg: The Way Ahead on Tax, Debt and Healthcare
Judd Gregg a former Republican senator from New Hampshire, served as chairman of the Senate Budget Committee from 2005 to 2007 and ranking...
Jan 25, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Mandatory Spending Continues to Drive Spending Growth
The deficit will rise dramatically over the next decade, from about $560 billion at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 to over $1.4 trillion at the end...
Jan 24, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
CBO's Budget Projections Show Unsustainable Fiscal Situation
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released their baseline projections, showing high and rising debt and widening deficits in the coming...
Jan 19, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas and Stuart Butler Publish Joint Paper Over Long-Term Budgeting
CRFB president Maya MacGuineas and Brookings Institution senior fellow Stuart Butler published a paper last week outlining a plan to create a long-...
Jan 18, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas on C-SPAN’s “Q&A”
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, recently appeared on C-SPAN’s “Q&A” and discussed a variety of...
Jan 18, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Dave Walker: Washington’s chance to reform the status quo
David Walker is a former Comptroller General of the United States (head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office) and is a member of the...
Jan 12, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Budget Will Be Difficult to Balance Without ACA Savings
For the past three years, Republicans have proposed budgets with a goal of achieving balance within the next decade. However, that goal will be much...
Jan 11, 2017 | Health Care
Amendments to the Senate Budget Resolution Regarding the ACA Would Promote Fiscal Responsibility
Last week, the Senate began consideration of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget resolution, which is primarily being used to create a legislative...
Jan 11, 2017 | Other Spending
Senator Flake Releases "Wastebook: PORKémon Go" to Catch Federal Waste
Hoping to “catch egregious spending lurking in federal budgets,” Senator Jeff Flake (R-AZ) released Wastebook: PORKémon Go yesterday, highlighting 50...