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.
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What's in the FY 2023 Omnibus Bill?
Update (2/3/2023): This piece has been updated with a more complete analysis of the bill as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. Policymakers...
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Event Recap: Health Solutions Summit
On December 15, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted our Health Solutions Summit: Options for the Next Congress. With the cost of...
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William Hoagland: The next House speaker should learn from 2011 experience on fiscal reform
G. William Hoagland is senior vice president at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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CBO Releases 2022 Budget Options Report
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its Options for Reducing the Deficit: 2023 to 2032 report this week, outlining 76 policy options and...
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Maya MacGuineas: Three things Congress must do to curb our nation’s spiraling debt crisis
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently co-authored an...
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Making Trust Funds Solvent Would Substantially Reduce Debt Growth
In July, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected that federal debt held by the public would nearly double as a share of the economy over three...
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Increased Year-End Health Care Spending Could Worsen Inflation
Policymakers are currently discussing a number of policy changes for potential inclusion in an end-of-year package attached to government funding that...
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Maya MacGuineas: Here’s A Blueprint For Tackling America’s Crippling National Debt
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Maya MacGuineas: Washington should make a pledge: No new debt for the rest of 2022
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Year-End Borrowing Could Worsen Deficits and Inflation
With inflation surging and debt approaching record levels, policymakers should avoid worsening the deficit and should at least pledge to add no new...
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Student Loan Pause Could Cost $275 Billion
Note: (11/22/2022): The Department of Education announced it would extend the pause to the sooner of 60 days after resolution of the student debt...
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Maya MacGuineas: Can Congress go 44 days without piling on more debt?
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...