Dec 29, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
CRFB's Top 10 Charts of 2017
The year 2017 was a busy time for budget policy as lawmakers considered major legislation dealing with health care and taxes following the...
Blog | December 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.
Dec 20, 2017 | Taxes
Marc Goldwein: Debt Matters Even More After Tax Bill's Passage
Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an...
Dec 20, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Lawmakers Are Getting Closer to Bringing Back Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Lawmakers are closer to making trillion-dollar deficits a reality again by next fiscal year as a result of the passage of the final, conferenced...
Dec 19, 2017 | Taxes
Maya MacGuineas: Standing Strong Against Increasing the National Debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
Dec 19, 2017 | Taxes
Comparing the Conference Report With the House & Senate Tax Bills
The House-Senate conference committee has released its version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and we've updated our blog comparing the final...
Dec 18, 2017 | Taxes
Final Tax Bill Could End Up Costing $2.2 Trillion
The final conference committee agreement of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) would cost $1.46 trillion under conventional scoring and over $1...
Health Package Sets Stage For Nearly $600 Billion of Costs
Ways and Means Committee Republicans have offered a package of health legislation that would delay several Affordable Care Act (ACA or "Obamacare")...
Dec 13, 2017 | Budget Process
With Debt Limit Reinstated, It's Time for Reform
As lawmakers go to conference for the tax bill, an important issue has flown under the radar. The debt limit was reinstated on December 9 after the...
Dec 12, 2017 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas: An Opportunity to Improve the Tax Bill While Replacing the PAYGO Sequester
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
Dec 12, 2017 | Taxes
JCT's Latest Analysis Confirms Tax Bills Will Produce Modest Growth, Won't Pay For Themselves
The Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) released its dynamic analysis of the House's version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) yesterday. JCT's...