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.
Event Recap: Budget Bash 2025
On Tuesday, November 4, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted its annual reception at the Hall of State’s View at 400. The evening...
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Getting to 3%: An Open Letter to Lawmakers
Today, the Board of Directors for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget released an open letter calling on lawmakers to adopt a fiscal goal...
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Understanding the ACA Subsidy Discussion
As policymakers continue to debate what’s next for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges, there has been significant confusion over how the...
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Maya MacGuineas: America's fiscal crisis is worsening. Everyone should take note.
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. She recently wrote an opinion piece for MSNBC, an excerpt of which is...
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Maya MacGuineas on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on Fox Business' "Mornings With Maria" to discuss the ongoing...
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Government Reopening Proposal Would be the Costliest in History
Some lawmakers have called for increasing federal health care spending by $1.5 trillion to permanently extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care...
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2.8% COLA Highlights Benefits of a COLA Cap
The Social Security Administration announced on October 24 that beneficiaries will receive a 2.8% Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) at the start of...
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Tariff Revenue Soars in FY 2025 Amid Legal Uncertainty
The federal government raised $195 billion in customs duties in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, more than 250% of what it collected in FY 2024, according to...
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WATCH - Erskine Bowles: We Can Save Social Security and Medicare
Erskine Bowles, former Co-Chair of the 2010 National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform and current Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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Event Recap: Saving the Trust Funds
On October 22, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted Saving the Trust Funds: New Solutions for Social Security and Medicare. The event...
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CRFB Floats “Break Glass Plan" for Next Economic Shock
With our national debt currently at 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), America has never entered any kind of economic emergency as indebted...
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CBO Estimates 2025 Deficit Totaled $1.8 Trillion
The federal budget deficit totaled $1.8 trillion in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), roughly...