Mar 11, 2020 | Taxes
How Much Would Suspending the Payroll Tax Cost?
Policymakers are discussing several economic stimulus ideas in response to the coronavirus outbreak, including reports that yesterday President Tru
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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.
Mar 11, 2020 | Budget Process
PAYGO Tracker: FY 2020
Update: Due to the flurry of legislative activity to address the COVID-19 pandemic, we have suspended regular updates of the PAYGO trac
Mar 6, 2020
Maya MacGuineas: Capitalism's Addiction Problem
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and runs its program
Mar 4, 2020 | Health Care
Lawmakers Release Emergency Funding Request on Coronavirus
Appropriators released today their $8.3 billion emergency funding bill to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak, $5.8 billion more than the $2...
Mar 4, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Thoughtful Deficit Reduction in the President’s Budget
While much of the decline in debt as a share of GDP in the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget comes from rosy economic growth assumptions and
Mar 3, 2020
Maya MacGuineas: Both Republicans and Democrats are ignoring a growing danger to our economy and national security: the national debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt.
Mar 3, 2020 | Taxes
How Much Does a Payroll Tax Holiday Cost?
President Trump tweeted support for a one-year payroll tax cut Monday
Mar 2, 2020 | Health Care
How Will Candidate Plans Affect Total Health Costs?
We recently updated our estimates of the
Feb 28, 2020 | Budget Process
Event Recap: Better Budget Process Summit: Building Momentum for Meaningful Reform
On February 25, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the second Better Budget Proces
Pete Buttigieg's Climate Change Plan
Democratic presidential candidate and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg has proposed a climate change
Feb 26, 2020 | Health Care
New Infographics on 2020 Candidates' Health Plans
We have updated these infographics – originally published on February 7 – to reflect a new
Feb 25, 2020 | Budget Process
Watch: 2020 Better Budget Process Summit - Building Momentum for Meaningful Reform
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the “2020 Better Budget Process Summit: Building Momentum for Meaningful Reform.” The event c
Feb 24, 2020 | Other Spending
Bernie Sanders's Plan for Universal Child Care and Pre-K Education
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) today unv
Feb 20, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Debt Will Likely Rise, Not Fall, Under the President's Budget
According to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the President’s Fis
Feb 12, 2020 | Other Spending
Bill Advances to Combat Improper Payments
Congress recently passed a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) to improve efforts to identify and reduce improper payments acros
Feb 12, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Spending Has Increased $800 Billion Under President Trump
President Trump's Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget calls for about $3.2 tri
Feb 12, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Interest Costs Will More Than Double Over the Next Decade
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest budget p
The President's Budget Saves Medicare $600 Billion While Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs
Last year, numerous politicians and outlets repeated the fals
Feb 10, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
An Overview of the President’s FY 2021 Budget
Moments ago, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget proposal, outlining his
