Nov 30, 2020 | Other Spending
End-of-Year Deadlines For Congress
Many economic relief provisions from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and other COVID-related bills expire at the end...
Blog | November 2020
Welcome to our blog – The Bottom Line, where you’ll find up-to-date commentary and analysis on the most important news in the fiscal world. Below is a list of our blog posts.
Nov 25, 2020 | Economics
Policymakers Should Avoid Austerity in Addressing the Debt
The economy remains weak and may be headed for a double-dip recession this winter. Though COVID relief enacted to date has been largely successful in...
Nov 19, 2020 | Other Spending
COVID Money Tracker Insights
Each week, we update our COVID Money Tracker tool with the latest commitments and disbursals from the federal response to the novel coronavirus...
Nov 18, 2020 | Other Spending
Canceling Student Loan Debt Is Poor Economic Stimulus
Facing a weak economy still suffering from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been a number of calls for President-elect Joe Biden to...
Nov 12, 2020 | Other Spending
Opportunities for Bipartisanship in a Divided Government
In 2021, the United States is likely to operate with divided or near-divided government. Democrats are slated to control the White House and the...
Nov 3, 2020
Maya MacGuineas and Mike Murphy: Polarization has put America's democracy in peril. But on this Election Day, there are reasons to be hopeful that the US can heal.
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and Mike Murphy is director of the Committee's FixUS initiative. ...
Nov 2, 2020 | Budget Process
GAO: Fiscal Targets Can Assist Deficit Reduction
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently published a report, The Nation’s Fiscal Health: Effective Use of Fiscal Rules and Targets. ...
Nov 2, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Maya MacGuineas: The national debt still matters, despite low interest rates
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 ...