Dec 13, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
OECD: U.S. Has the Highest Deficit
The United States had the highest deficit in 2018 among Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries...
Blog | December 2019
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.
Dec 13, 2019 | Budget Process
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 12/13/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30, although lawmakers enacted...
Dec 13, 2019 | Other Spending
Appropriations Watch: FY 2020
Updated 12/13/2019: Congress did not complete action on appropriations before the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Congress enacted a continuing...
Dec 13, 2019 | Social Security
Maya MacGuineas: Utah statesmen seek to fix our most pressing problems
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
Dec 13, 2019 | Economics
Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: How to Get Americans to Love Capitalism Again
Erskine Bowles served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
Dec 11, 2019 | Taxes
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Takes on Temporary Tax Breaks
The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote an opinion piece today decrying special interest tax subsidies that may be added to a year-end...
Burchett, Case, and Womack Introduce RAFT Act
One way to begin addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation is to set fiscal goals, which could come in the form of debt targets. A new...
Dec 3, 2019
Support Us on #GivingTuesday
This #GivingTuesday, support the nonpartisan work of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
Your tax-deductible contribution will...
Dec 3, 2019
Win $5,000 from the Fiscal Fallout Contest
We are now accepting submissions for our Fiscal Fallout Contest, where students are given the opportunity to put a human face on the consequences...