Blog | February 2017

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 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,...

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Feb 22, 2017 | Health Care| Taxes

Options to Replace the ACA Cadillac Tax

As policymakers debate repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare"), disagreement remains over how to address the ACA's "...

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Feb 17, 2017 | Health Care

The House GOP's Plan for Obamacare Replacement

During a press conference on Thursday, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) previewed the House GOP plan that would repeal and replace substantial...

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Feb 16, 2017

Daniels: National Debt is the Biggest Transcendent Issue We Face

CRFB Co-chair Mitch Daniels spoke with Bloomberg's David Westin on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas" today. He said that...

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Feb 10, 2017 | Budget Process

Renacci, Kilmer, and Bipartisan Working Group Propose Bill Highlighting the “Fiscal State of the Nation”

Hoping to inspire a fiscal “wake-up call” in the new session of Congress, Representatives Jim Renacci (R-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and 40...

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Feb 9, 2017 | Budgets & Projections

Three Trust Funds Face Insolvency in the Next Eight Years

We have made clear that President Trump faces a challenging fiscal situation now that he has entered office. As we laid out, part of that situation...

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