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.
Marc Goldwein: Pulling Levers to Prevent Cuts to Social Security Benefits
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He was recently featured in a...
The Post-FRA Fiscal Outlook
The nation's fiscal outlook has improved slightly since the last Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline in May, thanks to the $1.5 trillion of ten...
John Kasich and Leon Panetta: The Fiscal Responsibility Act is Only a First Step Toward Truly Responsible Spending and Debt Reduction
John Kasich and Leon Panetta are former Members of Congress and a Director and Co-Chair, respectively, of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
RSC Releases FY 2024 Budget Proposal
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) recently released its annual budget proposal for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, covering the upcoming fiscal year and the...
Congress is Trying to Have it Both Ways with Telehealth
6/26/23 Update: The Congressional Budget Office released a cost estimate of the legislation allowing telehealth to be covered pre-deductible in HDHPs...
Reintroduction of the Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
Representatives Andy Barr (R-KY) and Scott Peters (D-CA) reintroduced the Fiscal State of the Nation resolution in the House in conjunction with...
W&M Tax Bill Undermines FRA Savings
The American Families and Jobs Act (AFJA) that recently passed the House Ways and Means Committee would add $320 billion to the deficit over the next...
Senators Introduce Thoughtful Higher Education Package
Members of the Senate HELP Committee, led by Ranking Member Bill Cassidy (R-LA), along with Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Tim Scott (R-SC...
Key Takeaways from the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement (SITE) Act
This week Senators Mike Braun (R-IN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the Site-based Invoicing and Transparency Enhancement...
W&M Tax Bill Would Cost Over $1 Trillion if Made Permanent
The House Ways and Means Committee will soon consider the American Families and Jobs Act, legislation to temporarily extend various business tax...
The Deficit Was $2.1 Trillion Over Past Year
The federal budget deficit totaled $2.1 trillion over the past 12 months, up 50 percent from the $1.4 trillion deficit in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and...
Marc Goldwein on CNBC's "Squawk Box"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget senior policy director Marc Goldwein recently joined CNBC's "Squawk Box" to discuss the latest on the...