Apr 19, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Committee Sends Congress a Briefing Book on the Budget
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget recently shared our updated "Briefing Book for a Fiscally Responsible 117th Congress" ...
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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 16, 2021 | Budget Process
Maya MacGuineas: Make the budget committees great again
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 ...
Apr 16, 2021 | Taxes
Maya MacGuineas on CNN Discussing the Corporate Tax Rate
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas appeared on CNN's "New Day" to discuss raising the corporate tax rate to...
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 identified...
Apr 14, 2021 | Budget Process
Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Establishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal...
Apr 13, 2021 | Other Spending
What Would the American Jobs Plan Mean for the Debt?
Recently, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan focused on upgrading and repairing America’s physical infrastructure,...
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, Housing...
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 the next decade. By our estimates – and before...
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 and...
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 “New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs." The event was...