The 10th edition of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) duplication report came out this week. With it, comes a massive update in its projected savings. Since the report’s inception, GAO … READ MORE
Congress
The House Goes Big
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUTmOZrD92w[/embed] The House of Representatives is back in session today to pass a (one, two, three, four…) fifth coronavirus response bill. The latest version is the biggest one yet, totaling … READ MORE
Fiscal Recklessness Makes the COVID-19 Recession Even Worse
As COVID-19 continues to migrate from hotspot to hotspot across the United States, it is becoming clear that even when new cases start to plateau and states look toward planning … READ MORE
What is in the Coaranavirus Response Bill?
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
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