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...
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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.
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
Feb 12, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Interest Costs Will More Than Double Over the Next Decade
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest budget...
The President's Budget Saves Medicare $600 Billion While Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs
Last year, numerous politicians and outlets repeated the ...
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...
Amy Klobuchar’s Plan to “Govern with Fiscal Responsibility”
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) put forward a ...
Feb 4, 2020
Play Debt-O During State of the Union 2020!
Tonight, President Donald Trump will give his third State of the Union Address at 9 p.m. EST. During the address, we will be...
Jan 31, 2020 | Budget Process
Senator Sinema Introduces Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
This week, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), along with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME), ...
Jan 31, 2020 | Other Spending
BPC Releases Recommendations on Reforming Federal Higher Education Support
The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) Task Force on Higher Education Financing and Student Outcomes recently...
Jan 31, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
GAO: Fiscal Sustainability Is a Growing Concern for Some Key Federal Trust Funds
Last week, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report on the financial...
Jan 28, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
CBO's Budget Projections Show Deteriorating Fiscal Outlook
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just released its latest Budget and Economic Outlook,...
Jan 22, 2020 | Other Spending
Have We Spent Trillions on Wars?
Presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) claimed at the presidential debate last week that the wars in the Middle East "have cost us...
Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Requests CBO to Include Debt Servicing Impact in Legislative Cost Estimates
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Michael Cloud (R-TX), in a bipartisan and bicameral group of 68 lawmakers, this...
Jan 17, 2020 | Economics
Kurt Couchman: When will cheap credit dry up?
Kurt Couchman is co-director of legislative strategy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an...
