Domestic Spending

In light of the ongoing pandemic and economic crisis, there has been strong interest in pursuing further spending to expand vaccinations, contain the...

Recently, we put forward our principles for responsible COVID relief. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan currently under consideration in the...

The Congressional Budget Office projects the Pell program will deplete its reserve fund by 2026 and face cumulative deficits of $18 billion by 2031...

The American Rescue Plan currently making its way through Congress contains over $500 billion of aid to state and local governments. A number of...

President Biden has proposed a $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” for Congress to enact this spring as a COVID relief package. Last Monday, 10...

Today's economic projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show the economy is likely to experience a strong economic recovery, but...

With Democratic majorities in the House and Senate, President Joe Biden has taken office with a real opportunity to advance new spending and tax...

Note: Data updates on February 3, 2021 reduce the difference between legislative amount allowed and committed/disbursed from $1.3 trillion to $1.1...

This week we updated COVID Money Tracker with all of the major provisions from the $915 billion 1 in COVID relief provisions in December’s...

In her recent Washington Post column, Catherine Rampell argues progressives should “be more progressive in an old-fashioned sense: by helping the poor...

In the first three days of distributing the second round of stimulus checks approved by Congress in the Response and Relief Act, the Treasury...

With the passage of the Response & Relief Act, Congress has now allocated around $4 trillion of COVID relief at a net cost of over $3.4 trillion...