Apr 14, 2021
Illustrating the Case for Trust Fund Solutions
Some of the nation’s most important government programs are financed with dedicated revenue sources using federal trust funds. As we...
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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.
Apr 13, 2021 | Other Spending
What Would the American Jobs Plan Mean for the Debt?
Recently, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan...
Apr 13, 2021 | Other Spending
Watch: Committee Policy Analyst Alexander Holt Testifies on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
On April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified before the Senate Committee on Banking,...
Apr 13, 2021 | Other Spending
Options to Pay For the American Jobs Plan
President Biden's American Jobs Plan would cost about $2.65 trillion over...
Apr 12, 2021 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas on PBS Firing Line Discussing the National Debt
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on PBS FIring Line. She joined host Margaret Hoover...
Apr 2, 2021 | Health Care
Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs
On Wednesday, March 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event “...
Apr 2, 2021 | Other Spending
What's in President Biden's American Jobs Plan?
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the...
Apr 1, 2021 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas: How to think about infrastructure funding
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...
Mar 31, 2021 | Budget Process
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
The next few years will include several predictable fiscal policy deadlines that will force congressional action. Many provisions providing...
Mar 25, 2021 | Taxes
Watch: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
On March 25, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Budget Committee on whether...
Mar 22, 2021 | Other Spending
Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Congress must pass a new highway bill or extend the current one by October 1 of this year, and the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) itself will likely run...
Mar 22, 2021 | Health Care
Ten Options to Secure the Medicare Trust Fund
The Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI), or Part A, trust fund is expected to be only five years from insolvency and faces a $515 billion net funding...
Mar 18, 2021
Medicare Sequester Suspension Should Not Continue without Offsets
The March 2020 CARES Act and December 2020...
Mar 11, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
New Budget Projections Show Record Deficits and Debt
Now that the American Rescue Plan Act has been signed into law, the federal deficit is on course to exceed $3 trillion this year, with debt reaching...
Mar 10, 2021 | Other Spending
Understanding the $1 Trillion in Unspent COVID Relief Funding
The Senate-passed American Rescue Plan will deliver nearly $2 trillion of additional COVID relief on top of the $4 trillion already authorized....
Mar 10, 2021 | Other Spending
Marc Goldwein: The Prescription: Fiscal Policy for the COVID-19 Economy
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He ...
Mar 5, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
American Rescue Plan Could Set Stage for $4 Trillion of Debt
The American Rescue Plan Act is estimated to cost over $1.9 trillion through 2031, but the ultimate price tag could be twice as high if some of...
Mar 3, 2021 | Other Spending
New Report Shows Troubling Outcomes for Short-Term-Education Programs
Yesterday, New America published a new...
Feb 25, 2021 | Budget Process
Bill Hoagland: Reconciliation, corrupted by Congress: May it R.I.P.
G. William Hoagland is senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget....
