Feb 19, 2019 | Taxes
Tyler Evilsizer: Putting the Trump Tax Cuts Will Pay For Themselves Myth To Bed
Tyler Evilsizer is deputy policy director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for...
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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.
Feb 15, 2019 | Other Spending
Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Here is a link to the Appropriations Watch for FY 2020.
Congress passed full appropriations for the remaining seven appropriations bills...
Feb 13, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
As Debt Rises, Interest Costs Could Top $1 Trillion
The fastest growing item in the budget over the next decade will be interest on the debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
In...
Feb 7, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
These 3 Parts of the Budget Explain 87% of Spending Growth
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest baseline shows that deficits and debt are rising unsustainably, driven by the failure of revenue...
Feb 5, 2019
Play Debt-O During State of the Union 2019!
President Donald Trump will give his second State of the Union address tonight at 9 p.m. ET. CRFB will be live tweeting the speech, providing...
Feb 1, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas: How to Keep the Government Running When Lawmakers Fail To Do Their Job
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an ...
Feb 1, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
The Two Factors That Explain the Improvement in the Budget Outlook
This year's Congressional Budget Office (CBO) budget outlook was a slight improvement over last April's, although it still shows a...
Jan 30, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
CBO: Debt-to-GDP Will Double in Three Decades
CBO’s latest baseline projected that current law debt will rise rapidly from today’s post-war record-high levels over the next decade. Buried...
Jan 29, 2019 | Economics
Erskine Bowles: Americans are being left behind. Here's how we fix it.
Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
Jan 28, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
CBO Budget Projections Show Bleak Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its 2019 budget and economic projections, and the budget outlook is very bleak. CBO's baseline...