Will Thanksgiving Appropriations Be Stuffed with Debt?
Having just enacted a continuing resolution last week to extend current government funding through November 21, policymakers must now work toward the...
Blog | September 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.
Sep 25, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Eugene Steuerle: Multi-Trillion Dollar Fiscal and Monetary Gambles
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a...
Sep 23, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Marjorie Margolies: When will the 2020 presidential candidates be asked about America’s debt?
Marjorie Margolies is president of Women’s Campaign International and a member of the board of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. ...
Sep 18, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
We Updated the Debt Fixer and Released Results Showing Americans Can Fix the Debt
We have updated our popular Debt Fixer interactive budget tool, just as Congress faces another deadline to keep the government funded and avoid a...
Sep 17, 2019 | Other Spending
Elizabeth Warren's Higher Education Plan
In April, 2020 presidential candidate Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) unveiled a plan for “universal free public college and cancellation of student...
Sep 16, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Eugene Steuerle: Congress is supposed to decide how the U.S. spends money. Soon, it won’t be able to.
Dr. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is an Institute fellow and the Richard B. Fisher chair at the Urban Institute and a member of the Committee for a...
Sep 11, 2019 | Taxes
Is Spending, Not Tax Cuts, Driving the Deficit?
The House Ways and Means Committee minority recently published a blog post claiming that "spending, not tax cuts, [is] driving national deficits." It...
Sep 11, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Tim Penny & David Minge: Debating 2020 Democrats should not ignore our exploding debt
Tim Penny is co-chair and David Minge is a board member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Both are former representatives from the...
Sep 9, 2019 | Budgets & Projections
Debt Could Reach Record Levels by 2030
The Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) latest budget projections point to high and rising debt under current law, but the situation is far worse if...
Sep 6, 2019
Committee Co-Chair Mitch Daniels on Bloomberg TV
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Mitch Daniels, former director of the Office of Management and Budget, appeared on Bloomberg TV's...