Nov 30, 2016 | Health Care
Cures Bill Has Been Released
Note: This blog has been updated from its original posting to account for the manager's amendment, which strikes the child and family services...
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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.
Nov 28, 2016 | Other Spending
Senator James Lankford Releases Second Federal Fumbles Report
Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today released his second annual report on the federal government’s wasteful spending, Federal Fumbles: 100 Ways...
Nov 21, 2016 | Other Spending
Gene Steuerle: Six Bipartisan Opportunities for President-elect Trump
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...
Nov 21, 2016 | Economics
Trump Will Face Highest Debt-to-GDP Ratio of Any New President Since Truman
When President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office on January 20, 2017, debt as a share of the economy will be higher than at the start of...
Nov 21, 2016 | Economics
Maya MacGuineas on Face the Nation
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas appeared on Face the Nation on November 20, 2016.
Nov 18, 2016 | Economics
Are Bond Markets Signaling the "Announcement Effect"?
Since last week's election results, markets have reacted by pushing the yield for ten-year Treasury bonds up more than 0.3 percentage points to 2...
Nov 14, 2016 | Budget Process
Debt Limit Deadline: March 16, 2017 – Time for Reform?
One of the first legislative deadlines President-elect Donald Trump and the 115th Congress will face is the need to raise the debt limit. The budget...
Nov 9, 2016
What We Know About President-Elect Trump's Agenda
Donald Trump has won the 2016 presidential election, but what will President-elect Trump's policy agenda be? Throughout the 2016 campaign, we...
Nov 8, 2016 | Social Security
The Real Story on Social Security Deficits
Social Security faces a serious financial shortfall, but there is no shortage of Social Security myths designed to draw attention away from the need...
Nov 2, 2016 | Budgets & Projections
Wrapping up the 2016 Fiscal Year
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 budget deficit totaled $587 billion, according to the final data from the Treasury Department. Although this is nearly 60...