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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.
What's in the Final COVID Relief Deal of 2020?
Lawmakers passed a new COVID relief deal on December 21, 2020, which was subsequently signed into law by the President on December 27. The deal in...
Maya MacGuineas Joins Fox News to Discuss Student Debt Cancellation
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox News to discuss calls for student debt cancellation and...
Maya MacGuineas Joins Fox Business to Discuss the $900 Billion COVID Fiscal Package
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business to discuss the nearly $900 billion coronavirus...
Tim Penny, Charlie Stenholm, Dave McCurdy, and John Tanner: Stop congressional disorder with regular order
Tim Penny is co-chair and Charlie Stenholm, Dave McCurdy, and John Tanner are members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. They recently...
What’s in the Bipartisan COVID Relief Bill?
Lawmakers Monday released the full text of a $908 billion bipartisan stimulus package, which was released in summary form back on December 1. The...
Marc Goldwein: An Honest Discussion on the Impact of Canceling Student Loan Debt
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently appeared on Clark...
Now's Not the Time to Raid the Pell Surplus
With 2020 college enrollment down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pell Grant program may add more to its reserves than previously estimated...
$100 Billion of Giveaways Could Accompany Year-End Omnibus Package
If lawmakers pass a short-term continuing resolution as passed by the House, they will have until December 18 to fund the government and enact COVID...
William Hoagland: The Ghosts of Budgets Past, Present & Future
G. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
Could a COVID Relief Deal Close the Output Gap?
Policymakers from both parties have endorsed plans to provide over $900 billion of COVID relief as part of a year-end funding deal. Democratic...
Strengthen PAYGO with House Rules Reforms
When the 117 th Congress begins in January, lawmakers in the House of Representatives can advance fiscal responsibility and better budgeting practices...
What's in the $550 Billion Senate Relief Package?
Earlier this week we detailed the contents of the $908 billion COVID relief package put forward by a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers. A...