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Mar 25, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package?

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Aug 27, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Break Glass Here: A Responsible Plan to Combat the Next Recession

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Apr 2, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO Updates Economic Baseline in Wake of COVID-19

In anticipation of a score of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the second coronavirus response bill), the Congressional Budget Office (...
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Apr 1, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Other Spending| Economics

Don’t use COVID-19 to Excuse $2 trillion of Debt-Financed Infrastructure

For 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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Mar 25, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

What's in the $2 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package?

The Senate is expected to vote tonight on the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act – the third and most expansive package...
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Mar 19, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Economics

How Much Would Sending People Checks Cost?

Experts 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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Jan 17, 2020 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Kurt Couchman: When will cheap credit dry up?

Kurt Couchman is co-director of legislative strategy at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He recently wrote an ...
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Dec 13, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Erskine Bowles and Henry Paulson: How to Get Americans to Love Capitalism Again

Erskine 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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Aug 29, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Maya MacGuineas: With a growing debt, a fiscally responsible blueprint is needed to handle the next recession

Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an...
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Aug 27, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

Break Glass Here: A Responsible Plan to Combat the Next Recession

The 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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Jun 26, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Economics

CBO: Fixing the Debt Would Increase Income

Putting 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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