The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (or the ‘CARES Act’) has finally been released. The bill is the third and largest part of the congressional coronavirus response package. … READ MORE
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Let’s Talk About Cash Payments
A widely-embraced and pending policy response to the coronavirus crisis is providing cash payments to all Americans. The Senate Republicans recently released a bill that would provide $1200 per person … READ MORE
Newsflash: DC Resorts To Blindly Throwing Money at a Problem
There is no need to recap all the chilling COVID-19 news here other than to acknowledge that we are charting unprecedented territory. Global economic activity screeching to a halt in … READ MORE
It’s Time to Lower the Curtain on our Performative Politics
As the impeachment trial of President Trump continues to use up all available political oxygen in Washington, some members of Congress have been registering their frustration with the process as … READ MORE
Generational Theft Update: Congress Adds Another $20 Trillion to Our Tab
Given how bleak every federal budget update has been over the last decade, it’d be really hard to make it markedly worse. And yet… The latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) … READ MORE
The Billions Worth of GAO Findings That Also Need Attention
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) made a ripple in the news this week when they issued their legal finding that President Trump’s withholding of $214 million in funds for Ukraine … READ MORE
Five Scary Takeaways From This Week’s Budget Reports
Over the last week, the U.S. Treasury and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have released their scheduled budget updates. Given Congress’s past year of adding more spending increases and tax … READ MORE
Congress is Regifting Fiscal Insanity
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQAd_MeMiKw[/embed] With the holiday season at a close, all eyes are back on Washington with news about the impeachment effort against President Donald Trump, precarious foreign policy with Iran, and … READ MORE