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.
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Fiscal Commission Bill
Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and David Perdue (R-GA) recently introduced legislation that would create a bipartisan National...
A Quick Take on the 2016 Social Security Trustees Report
The Social Security and Medicare Trustees have released their reports on the financial state of their respective programs. With regards to Social...
Judd Gregg: The Silver Lining
Good news: There is today — right now — a bipartisan working group headed by Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) that is trying...
The Need for Fiscal Goals
The House Budget Committee held a hearing on Wednesday (June 15, 2016) on budget process reform and the need for fiscal goals. CRFB president Maya...
Maya MacGuineas: George Voinovich's remarkable legacy of fiscal responsibility
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt, wrote an opinion piece that...
Senators Cotton and Lee Propose Ideas to Strengthen SSDI
Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation recently to help improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...
Maya MacGuineas: In Two Social Security Reports, Ways to Reduce Senior Poverty Without Broad Benefit Cuts
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, wrote a commentary that appeared in the Wall Street Journal Washington...
Entitlement Reform Proposals Offered by BPC and AEI
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC’s) Commission on Retirement Security and Personal Savings released its recommendations to improve retirement...
Statement by Maya MacGuineas on the Passing of Former Senator George Voinovich
I am stunned and deeply saddened by the loss of Senator George Voinovich, a true friend and great mentor to all of us here at the Committee for a...
Welcome to the New CRFB Website
After months of hard work, we are welcoming vistors to our newly redesigned website. You might notice the bigger font, better images, and a...
Marc Goldwein: Alicia Munnell is wrong: Social Security needs a quick fix
Marc Goldwein is the Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece...
CRFB Turns 35 - We Are Old Enough to Remember When...
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget was incorporated on June 10, 1981. Our 35th birthday is a good occasion to look back at some of the...