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.
John Kasich: President Trump should support a balanced budget amendment
John Kasich is a former governor of Ohio, former congressman representing the state, and director at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
Maya MacGuineas Joins Fireside Chat at American Growth Summit
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently sat down with National Interest Editor at Large Steve Clemons for a...
ACA Subsidy Extension Tracker
With the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enhanced subsidies set to expire soon, several policymakers have proposed plans to extend the enhancements. You can...
12-Month Rolling Deficit is $1.6 Trillion in November 2025
The federal government has borrowed $1.6 trillion over the past 12 months based on new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). In...
Senate ACA Plan Could Add $350-$635 Billion to Debt
Update 12/10/2025: In place of the proposal described below, the Senate is now expected to vote on a clean three-year extension of the enhanced...
Pell Grant Program Still Faces Large Shortfall, Despite One-Time Fix
The Pell Grant program faces a large funding gap, despite the one-time infusion of funding enacted as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA)...
CRFB Releases Updated Social Security Reformer
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) has updated its interactive online Social Security solvency tool, the Social Security Reformer...
CBO’s New Projections Show $1 Trillion Less in Tariff Savings
Updated projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show that tariffs enacted this year will reduce debt (including interest) by $3.0...
Maya MacGuineas: Our elected officials can’t keep ignoring the looming Social Security problem
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for Deseret News, an excerpt of...
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 11/20/25: After 43 days, the latest government shutdown ended on November 12 with a funding measure that provides full-year Agriculture...
What You Need for the End of the Fiscal Year
Updated 11/17/25: After 43 days, the latest government shutdown ended on November 12 with a funding measure that provides full-year Agriculture...
Social Security General Revenue Funding Would be a Costly Mistake
The Social Security retirement program is only seven years from insolvency, at which point the law calls for a 24% across-the-board benefit cut – an...