The on-again, off-again negotiations between Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and House Speaker Pelosi to strike a deal on another round of COVID relief continues to falter. Reports indicate that they have … READ MORE
Government spending
What Should (and Shouldn’t) Congress Prioritize for CARES Act 2.0?
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose a danger to public health across the globe, lawmakers in Congress have begun talks on what another fiscal relief package might look like … READ MORE
USCIS’s Self-Inflicted Budget Woes
The COVID-19 pandemic, and the economic chaos it has brought, has led to an explosion in the federal budget deficit. Nosediving economic growth leading to lower tax revenue, along with … READ MORE
No, We Don’t Have 15 Years to Fix Social Security
Another year, another edition of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees Board warning that our entitlement programs are on an unsustainable trajectory. Unfortunately, most of the headlines and commentary refer … READ MORE
What is in the Coronavirus 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
Official Report from the Federal Government Declares U.S. Fiscal Policy “Unsustainable”
Last week, the Trump Administration released “The Financial Report of the Federal Government,” an annual report from the Department of Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that … READ MORE