May 11, 2021 | Budget Process
Senator Lummis Introduces Sustainable Budget Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) recently ...
Blog
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.
May 11, 2021 | Taxes
Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: Biden should embrace a carbon tax
Erskine Bowles served as Chief of Staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
May 7, 2021 | Budget Process
Kinzinger and Phillips Call for a Bipartisan Commission to Address the Deficit
Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) recently...
COVID Relief Lifted Personal Income to Record Levels
Of the $5.9 trillion ($5.2 trillion net) of enacted COVID relief, we estimate $3.6...
Apr 28, 2021 | Other Spending
What's in President Biden's American Families Plan?
This evening, President Joe Biden will unveil the third part of his ambitious “Build Back Better” agenda, the American Families Plan. According to...
Apr 22, 2021
Reflections on the Ed Lorenzen Fiscal Internship
By Dominic Gatti
It has been an honor to be the inaugural Ed Lorenzen Fiscal Intern, the position named in memory of a close...
TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction
Last week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers ...
Apr 20, 2021 | Taxes
Repealing the SALT Cap Would be More Regressive than the TCJA
Recently, a number of Members of Congress...
Apr 20, 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...
Apr 20, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
GAO Releases Long-Term Budget Outlook
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published its latest report ...
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 "...
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...
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 “...
