Jul 13, 2020 | Other Spending
Appropriations Watch: FY 2021
Congress began preliminary appropriations work for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 in March and started marking up individual appropriations bills in...
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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.
Jul 10, 2020 | Other Spending
A July Update on the Paycheck Protection Program
The Treasury Department and Small Business Administration (SBA) this week released...
Jul 10, 2020 | Other Spending
Options for a Responsible Defense Budget
Congress is considering the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this month. The Senate Armed Services Committee...
Jul 7, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Dunking on the Debt
Concern about the national debt came from an unexpected corner when Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie announced that he would bring...
CBO Releases New Economic Projections
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released updated economic projections, ...
Jul 1, 2020 | Economics
How Does COVID Relief Compare to Great Recession Stimulus?
Congress has enacted five pieces of legislation and committed $3.6 trillion of fiscal support so far to address public health and economic...
Jun 29, 2020 | Health Care
House Considers ACA Expansion and Drug Pricing Bill
Today, the House will consider legislation to expand the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and lower prescription drug prices...
Jun 25, 2020 | Budget Process
Growing Support for Bipartisan Budget Reform
A bipartisan group of 60 legislators led by Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX), released a letter to House leadership in...
Jun 18, 2020 | Other Spending
James Jones: Pandemic Isn't an Excuse for Reckless Spending
The signature accomplishment of the Trump administration, the 2017 tax cuts, greatly reduced federal revenue. Lawmakers simultaneously increased...
Jun 15, 2020 | Economics
Treasury Data Shows Other Countries Not Buying Additional Debt
Total foreign holdings of United States debt held steady during the month of April despite the massive increase in government borrowing...
Jun 15, 2020 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas Joins Fox News to Discuss COVID-19 Fiscal Relief
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier. She...
Representative Rouda Introduces Fiscal Responsibility & Long-Term Economic Security Act
While short-term borrowing and large deficits are necessary to fight the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, policymakers will...
Jun 11, 2020 | Other Spending
Over Half the COVID Fiscal Support is Now Out the Door
In response to the current pandemic and economic crisis, Congress and the President have enacted $4 trillion in spending, benefit payments, grants...
Jun 11, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Senate Considering Debt-Increasing Parks Legislation
This week, the Senate will consider the Great American Outdoors Act. The bill seeks to address the backlog of maintenance on public lands in a...
Jun 10, 2020 | Budget Process
Correcting the Record on the Enzi-Whitehouse Budget Reforms
Prior to the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, the Senate Budget Committee approved the Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act....
Jun 10, 2020 | Budget Process
PAYGO Tracker: FY 2020
The first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging it deeper. With deficits and debt set to reach...
Jun 8, 2020 | Other Spending
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Signed Into Law
Last week, the President signed into law H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, which the House and ...
Jun 5, 2020 | Budget Process
House Members Promote a Bipartisan Framework for Budget Reforms
A bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers, led by Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX), released a letter to House leadership this...
Jun 3, 2020 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas Testifies at COVID-19 Fiscal Oversight Hearing
To ensure oversight of the trillions of dollars in economic relief authorized to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn, the...
May 28, 2020 | Other Spending
CBO Releases Options to Shore Up Highway Trust Fund
CBO recently published a report focused on options to address the impending insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF).
