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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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 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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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...
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National Health Expenditures Continue to Rise
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the latest National Health Expenditures (NHEs) projections, estimating health...
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Marc Goldwein's Senate Testimony on Addressing Social Security Solvency
On August 5, 2026, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein testified before the...
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Part D Costs on the Rise Due to IRA's Benefit Redesign
The Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) Medicare Part D drug benefit redesign will cost much more than originally estimated, according to the...
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What's in the Budgeting for a Better America Act?
Representatives Steve Womack (R-AR), Ed Case (D-HI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Scott Peters (D-CA) – members of the Bipartisan Fiscal Forum (BFF) –...