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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New Polling Reveals Bipartisan Support for Social Security Reform
There is broad, bipartisan support for balanced reforms that restore Social Security to solvency, according to the latest set of survey results from...
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Three Reasons to Worry About Rising Treasuries
Interest rates on U.S. Treasury bonds recently rose to levels not seen in decades. A recent 30-year Treasury auction ended with yields at over 5.2% –...
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CBO Analysis Suggests $1 Trillion in Medicare Advantage Overpayments
A recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis projects that the federal government will pay between 5% and 10% more for Medicare Advantage (MA)...
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Marc Goldwein: The best way toward a Social Security fix? This one is tried and true.
A Washington Post op-ed by Marc Goldwein of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget makes the case for assigning a bipartisan commission or...
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Maya MacGuineas Discusses $40T Debt, Affordability on Bloomberg TV
Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Bloomberg TV's "Balance of Power" with hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz to discuss s a wide...
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Treasury Auction Yield Hits Highest in 25 Years
A $25 billion 30-year Treasury auction this week ended with yields at 5.216% – the highest since 2001. The auction is the latest sign of investors’...
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Higher Ed Tax Breaks Could Help Fill Pell Shortfall
The Pell Grants program is out of reserves and faces a $100 to $185 billion shortfall over the next decade. As lawmakers work to limit the cost of the...
Tell the Truth About Social Security: Featured Op-Eds
In support of the goal of raising awareness among the public on how Social Security works and the realities of the financial pressure the program is...
Tell the Truth About Social Security: Events
As part of our work to raise public awareness and engagement around Social Security’s worsening outlook, Tell the Truth About Social Security has...
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Appropriations Watch: FY 2027
Updated 8/12/2026: Following the House's passage of a continuing resolution (CR) that would fund the government through December 4, the Senate passed...
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CBO Estimates Trump Class Battleships to Cost $275 Billion Over 30 Years
Last week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published an estimate of the potential cost of constructing the Navy’s newly proposed, nuclear...
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12-Month Rolling Deficit is $1.9 Trillion in July 2026
The federal government borrowed $1.9 trillion over the past 12 months according to new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Based on...