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Fiscal Recklessness Makes the COVID-19 Recession Even Worse Artboard 1

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 Coronavirus Response Bill? Artboard 1

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 Artboard 1

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 Artboard 1

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 Artboard 1

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 Artboard 1

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 Artboard 1

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 Artboard 1

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

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