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.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/Trust%20Fund%20Balance%20as%20a%20%20Percent%20of%20Annual%20Spending.png.webp?itok=OVJaS443)
Illustrating the Case for Trust Fund Solutions
Some of the nation’s most important government programs are financed with dedicated revenue sources using federal trust funds. As we identified in our...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/DC_sunrise.jpg.webp?itok=9dEcufKM)
Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Establishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal situation. Legislation...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/shutterstock_143753191.jpg.webp?itok=BiieXF0N)
What Would the American Jobs Plan Mean for the Debt?
Recently, President Joe Biden unveiled his American Jobs Plan focused on upgrading and repairing America’s physical infrastructure, investing in...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/shutterstock_257282692.jpg.webp?itok=Nfk865Be)
Watch: Committee Policy Analyst Alexander Holt Testifies on Student Debt's Burden on Borrowers and the Economy
On April 13, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget policy analyst Alexander Holt testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/transpo.png.webp?itok=s1JjDvN5)
Options to Pay For the American Jobs Plan
President Biden's American Jobs Plan would cost about $2.65 trillion over the next decade. By our estimates – and before considering pay-fors – this...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/maya%20pbs%20arpil%202021.png.webp?itok=k183ScYU)
Maya MacGuineas on PBS Firing Line Discussing the National Debt
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on PBS Firing Line. She joined host Margaret Hoover and former...
![Health Stock](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/Health%20Stock%205.jpg.webp?itok=EsXFimIH)
Event Recap: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs
On Wednesday, March 17, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted a virtual event “ New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs." The event was...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/Joe%20Biden.jpg.webp?itok=wKLgg90s)
What's in President Biden's American Jobs Plan?
On Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled the second part of his "Build Back Better" agenda – the American Jobs Plan – focused on upgrading and...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/shutterstock_302653178.jpg.webp?itok=nq3hlOau)
Maya MacGuineas: How to think about infrastructure funding
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...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/shutterstock_302653178.jpg.webp?itok=nq3hlOau)
Maya MacGuineas: There's a blatantly obvious way for the US to fight climate change and pay for new infrastructure
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...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/shutterstock_257282692.jpg.webp?itok=Nfk865Be)
Watch: Committee President Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Taxation of Corporations and the Wealthy
On March 25, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Budget Committee on whether wealthy...
![](/sites/default/files/styles/article_listing/public/managed/media-images2022-02/shutterstock_316733366.jpg.webp?itok=tVPbVnVt)
ARCHIVE: Ten Options to Secure the Highway Trust Fund
Note: (2/4/2022): This analysis is now out of date. We released an updated version of this analysis, available here, which includes new projections of...