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.
Reflections on the 2025 Ed Lorenzen Fiscal Internship
By: Maddie Brown Shirley I am honored by the opportunity to continue Ed Lorenzen's legacy as this year’s Ed Lorenzen intern. Ed was a pillar in the...
The Case for Funding ACA Cost-Sharing Reductions
The House is scheduled to vote today on the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act. Among other provisions, the legislation requires the...
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...
Trillion-Dollar Interest Payments Are the New Norm
As the national debt continues to climb toward record levels – totaling 100% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 –...
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...
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...