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.
Marc Goldwein: Point: Suspending Federal Gas Tax Will Only Worsen Transportation
Marc Goldwein is the senior vice president and senior policy director for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion...
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Ways & Means Advances Anti-Fraud Bills
The House Ways and Means Committee approved several bills last week aimed at reducing waste, fraud, abuse, and errors in the federal budget as well as...
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Beyond the Gridlock: Bipartisan Fiscal Solutions
Given that both Republicans and Democrats are equally to blame for our dismal fiscal situation and even more dismal outlook, lawmakers from both...
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The Next Doc Fix is Coming
Congress has now kicked off this year’s “Doc Fix” process, an increasingly annual occurrence where they provide ad-hoc pay increases to physicians...
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Defense Funding Put in Context
President Trump has requested $1.5 trillion of defense spending in his Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request, including $1.15 trillion of base funding...
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Maya MacGuineas Joins PBS's "Amanpour & Company"
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas recently joined Walter Isaacson on PBS's "Amanpour and Company" to discuss...
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Rising Interest Rates are Exploding the Debt
The 30-year Treasury note just reached its highest yield in almost 19 years, 5.2%, and other interest rates are approaching similar highs. This week...
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Bill Would Raise Revenue by Improving Tax Compliance
Senator Angus King (I-ME), joined by many of his colleagues, introduced the Stop CHEATERS Act (S. 4298) last month. The bill would provide $84 billion...
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Federal Improper Payments Total $186 Billion in FY 2025
The federal government made at least $186 billion of improper payments in Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, according to new Government Accountability Office...
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Maya MacGuineas and Adam A. Millsap: What the federal budget says about America
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Adam A. Millsap, Ph.D., is a senior economist and program officer at...
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Proposed EV Fee Could Raise $30 Billion
Note: The Congressional Budget Office has released an official estimate of the potential revenue from the proposed registration fee on Electric...
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Rising Interest Rates Could Push Debt Higher
The 10-year Treasury yield is currently 4.5% – the highest rate in over a year – while 30-year Treasuries now carry a 5.0% interest rate. In fact...