Jan 17, 2020 | Economics
Kurt Couchman: When will cheap credit dry up?
Kurt Couchman is co-director of legislative strategy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an...
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.
Jan 14, 2020 | Other Spending
Joe Biden's Preschool and K-12 Education Plan
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden has proposed his Plan for...
Jan 14, 2020
Watch: Bridging Our Divides: Confronting America’s Threat from Within
FixUS, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, hosted "Bridging Our Divides: Confronting America's Threat from Within," a...
Jan 8, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
President Trump has Signed $4.7 Trillion of Debt into Law
Our US Budget Watch 2020 project analyzes, estimates, and explains the fiscal implications of...
Jan 7, 2020 | Social Security
Support for TRUST Act Grows
The Time to Rescue United States Trusts Act, or the TRUST Act, was introduced last fall on a bipartisan basis in both chambers of Congress to...
Jan 7, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Cassidy Criticizes Process and Results of Budget Deal
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) in an op-ed in The...
Jan 2, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas: A Resolution for Congress in 2020 – Make Better Fiscal Policy Decisions
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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. ...
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...
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....
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...
Appropriations Deal Will Cost $2.1 Trillion Over 20 Years
The appropriations deal's numerous deficit-...
Dec 18, 2019 | Other Spending
Cory Booker's "Baby Bonds" Plan
Presidential candidate Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) has put forward a...
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...
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...
Spending Package Could Add $500 Billion to Debt
Update 12/17/19: CBO and...
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...
Dec 13, 2019 | Social Security
Maya MacGuineas: Utah Statesmen Seek to Fix Our Most Pressing Problems
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
Dec 13, 2019 | Economics
Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: How to Get Americans to Love Capitalism Again
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...
Dec 11, 2019 | Taxes
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Takes on Temporary Tax Breaks
The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote an...
