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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.

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Dec 11, 2021 | Taxes

SALT Repeal Just Below $1 Million is Still Costly and Regressive

To avoid cutting taxes for households making over $1 million, some...
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Dec 10, 2021 | Budgets & Projections

CBO Estimates a Permanent Build Back Better

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today released an...
Dec 9, 2021 | Other Spending| Economics

Reducing Build Back Better Inflation Risk

As we recently discussed, the...
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Does Build Back Better Cost $1.6 Trillion or $2.4 Trillion?

UPDATE 12/10: Since this analysis was published, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a...
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Dec 6, 2021 | Other Spending| Economics

What Will Build Back Better Mean for Inflation?

With inflation on track to reach its highest annual rate since 1990, ...
Dec 2, 2021 | Taxes

"Revenue Neutral" SALT Cap Relief is Costly and Regressive

Several senators are apparently pursuing "...

A Permanent Build Back Better Act Could Cost $4.8 Trillion

UPDATE 12/10: Since this analysis was published, CBO has issued a ...
Nov 24, 2021 | Other Spending

UPDATE: Build Back Better Visualized

UPDATE 12/10: Since this analysis was published, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has issued a...
Nov 19, 2021 | Taxes

SALT Cap Repeal Below $500k Still Costly and Regressive

According to press reports...
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Nov 18, 2021 | Budgets & Projections

Full Estimates of the House Build Back Better Act

UPDATE 12/13: Since this analysis was published, CBO has issued a ...
Nov 16, 2021 | Taxes

Marc Goldwein: There’s a baffling tax gift to the wealthy in the Democrats' social-spending bill

Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He ...
Nov 15, 2021 | Budgets & Projections

Updated Budget Projections Show Record Debt by 2031

New estimates from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget project that debt as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is on...
Nov 15, 2021 | Other Spending

Build Back Better Cost Would Double with Extensions

Note (11/30/2021): We have since published an updated analysis of the House-passed bill based on estimates from the Congressional Budget...
Nov 12, 2021 | Taxes

Two-Thirds of Millionaires Get a Tax Cut Under Build Back Better, Due to SALT Relief

This week, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) released new...
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Nov 9, 2021

2021 Budget Ball Reception: Celebrating Our Commitment to Fiscal Responsibility

On Tuesday, November 2, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted our annual Budget Ball reception on the rooftop of 101 Constitution...
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Nov 8, 2021 | Other Spending

What's in the House's Build Back Better Act?

We have published an full estimate of the House's Build Back Better Act based on CBO's scores of the bill...
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Nov 4, 2021 | Other Spending| Taxes

An Update on Build Back Better Offsets

We have published an full estimate of the House's Build Back Better Act based on CBO's scores of the bill ...

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