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What’s New in COVID Money Tracker?
Read moreThis week we updated COVID Money Tracker with all of the major provisions from the $915 billion 1 in COVID relief provisions in December’s...
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Statement on the Confirmation of Janet Yellen as Treasury Secretary
Read moreFor Immediate Release Former Federal Reserve Board Chair Janet Yellen, who had been serving on the board of the Committee for a Responsible Federal...
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Near- and Long-Term Fiscal Challenges for the Biden Administration
Read moreFor Immediate Release President Joe Biden takes office in the face of numerous economic and fiscal challenges. Although COVID-19 vaccine distribution...
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Biden to Unveil $1.9 Trillion COVID Response Plan
Read moreNote: We have published an updated, more detailed breakdown of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID response plan, compared alongside a $618 billion...
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Maya MacGuineas Joins CNN Business to Discuss COVID Relief and Deficits
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on CNN business to discuss why some level of deficit spending...
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Four-Fifths of Stimulus Checks Have Been Sent
Read moreIn the first three days of distributing the second round of stimulus checks approved by Congress in the Response and Relief Act, the Treasury...
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Breaking Down $3.4 Trillion in COVID Relief
Read moreWith 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...
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Maya MacGuineas Joins CNN to Discuss Healing Political Divisions
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget President Maya MacGuineas recently appeared on CNN to discuss how President-Elect Joe Biden can work to...
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Would $2,000 Stimulus Checks Go to Six-Figure Households?
Read moreThe House approved the CASH Act Monday to increase recently enacted stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 per person. Some of those hesitant about the...
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How Much Would $2,000 Checks Cost?
Read moreWith the enactment of the Response & Relief Act yesterday, policymakers in both parties have called for expanding recovery rebates from $600 per...
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The Response & Relief Act Would Boost Income To Record Levels
Read moreUnlike in past recessions, personal income has grown during the current crisis as a result of the aggressive fiscal and monetary actions taken to...
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The Response & Relief Act Would Support the Economic Recovery
Read morePresident Trump is yet to sign the year-end bill that contains the Coronavirus Response & Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act and accompanying...