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.
Maya MacGuineas Joins Fox News to Discuss COVID-19 Fiscal Relief
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox News' Special Report with Bret Baier. She discussed the...
Representative Rouda Introduces Fiscal Responsibility & Long-Term Economic Security Act
While short-term borrowing and large deficits are necessary to fight the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, policymakers will need to address...
Over Half the COVID Fiscal Support is Now Out the Door
In response to the current pandemic and economic crisis, Congress and the President have enacted $4 trillion in spending, benefit payments, grants...
Senate Considering Debt-Increasing Parks Legislation
This week, the Senate will consider the Great American Outdoors Act. The bill seeks to address the backlog of maintenance on public lands in a way...
Correcting the Record on the Enzi-Whitehouse Budget Reforms
Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent economic crisis, the Senate Budget Committee voted 15 to 6 to approve the Bipartisan...
PAYGO Tracker: FY 2020
The first rule of getting out of a hole is to stop digging it deeper. With deficits and debt set to reach unprecedented levels soon, lawmakers risk...
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act Signed Into Law
Last week, the President signed into law H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act, which the House and Senate passed on May 28 and...
House Members Promote a Bipartisan Framework for Budget Reforms
A bipartisan group of 60 lawmakers, led by Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX), released a letter to House leadership this...
Maya MacGuineas Testifies at COVID-19 Fiscal Oversight Hearing
To ensure oversight of the trillions of dollars in economic relief authorized to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic downturn, the...
CBO Releases Options to Shore Up Highway Trust Fund
Several of the country’s most important trust funds are rapidly headed toward insolvency and will run out of reserves sooner than projected due to the...
An Update on the Paycheck Protection Program
The Paycheck Protection Program is one of the larger and most well-known initiatives that has been created to support small businesses during the...
Charlie Stenholm: We will have to face rising national debt
Charlie Stenholm is a senior policy advisor at Olsson Frank Weeda, P.C., and a member of the Committee for a Resonsible Federal Budget. He recently...