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Bernie Sanders's Coronavirus Relief Package
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) released his Priorities for the Next Coronavirus Relief Package, a plan to build on...
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Families First Coronavirus Response Act Will Cost $192 Billion
Read moreLast week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scored the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( FFCRA), the second of three packages enacted so...
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CBO Updates Economic Baseline in Wake of COVID-19
Read moreIn anticipation of a score of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the second coronavirus response bill), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO...
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Don’t use COVID-19 to Excuse $2 trillion of Debt-Financed Infrastructure
Read moreFor Immediate Release Yesterday, President Trump suggested that the next phase of economic relief to offset the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19)...
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What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package?
Read moreUpdated on 4/21/2020 and 4/29/2020 to reflect the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) estimate and subsequent revisions. Lawmakers recently approved...
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How Much Would Sending People Checks Cost?
Read moreExperts and lawmakers are considering numerous options to help support the economy during the COVID-19 crisis. Last week, we estimated that fiscal...
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Kurt Couchman: When will cheap credit dry up?
Read moreKurt Couchman is co-director of legislative strategy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an opinion piece for The...
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Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: How to Get Americans to Love Capitalism Again
Read moreErskine Bowles served as chief of staff to President Bill Clinton from 1997 to 1998 and is a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Maya MacGuineas: With a growing debt, a fiscally responsible blueprint is needed to handle the next recession
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Break Glass Here: A Responsible Plan to Combat the Next Recession
Read moreThe United States is in the midst of one of the longest periods of sustained economic growth in its history, but there are signs that this prolonged...
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CBO: Fixing the Debt Would Increase Income
Read morePutting debt on a downward path could increase average income by almost $9,000 per person per year, or about 10 percent as compared to continuing on...
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Maya MacGuineas: America's Biggest Weakness is No Big Secret
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...