Dec 31, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Our Top Fiscal Charts of 2019
2019 was a busy year for budget policy, which gave us ample opportunities to conduct substantive policy analysis using charts and tables. This...
Blog | December 2019
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 30, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
The Decade in the Federal Budget
When it comes to fiscal policy, the 2010s have been quite a rollercoaster. Below, we’ve identified a few major budgetary trends and patterns of the...
Dec 24, 2019 | Other Spending
Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Updated 12/24/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress enacted a continuing...
Dec 19, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Policymakers Added $2.2 Trillion to the Debt in 2019
With Congress finishing up appropriations for Fiscal Year (FY) 2020, including additional provisions that will add $500 billion in debt over the next...
Appropriations Deal Will Cost $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
The appropriations deal's numerous deficit-increasing policies, most notably its permanent repeal of three Affordable Care Act (ACA) taxes,...
Dec 18, 2019 | Other Spending
Cory Booker's "Baby Bonds" Plan
Presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has put forward a proposal to establish savings accounts for every child born in America funded...
Dec 17, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Mike Murphy: Unlike Politicians in D.C., Some Are Willing to Work Together
Mike Murphy is the Chief of Staff and Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget's FixUs initiative. He recently wrote an op-ed...
Dec 17, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas: Will the Federal Government's Nonstop Spending Binge Continue?
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt
Update 12/17/19: CBO and JCT have now estimated the year-end spending package after a late-night addition by the House Rules Committee. The bill now...
Dec 13, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
OECD: U.S. Has the Highest Deficit
The United States had the highest deficit in 2018 among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries...