Sep 2, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Analysis of CBO’s September 2020 Budget Outlook
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated budget outlook – the first to incorporate the effects of the COVID-19...
Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Aug 31, 2020 | Health Care
Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Health Care Plan
Democratic presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden has proposed a significant agenda to address health care coverage and costs. He...
Aug 4, 2020 | Other Spending
Webinar & Chartbook: Where Does the Next Phase of COVID Relief Stand?
The novel coronavirus (COVID) pandemic and resulting economic crisis has been met with an unprecedented policy response. In March 2020,...
Jul 30, 2020 | Taxes
Understanding Joe Biden's 2020 Tax Plan
Former Vice President Joe Biden – the presumptive Democratic nominee for President in the 2020 election – has put forward a variety of tax...
Jul 28, 2020 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas's Senate Testimony on Oversight of COVID-19 Fiscal Relief
On July 28, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government...
Jul 8, 2020 | Budget Process
Appropriations 101
What are appropriations?
How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations...
Jun 29, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Webinar & Chartbook: Projecting COVID's Fiscal Impact
The United States is currently experiencing one of its sharpest economic crises in modern history as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and...
Jun 24, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Updated Budget Projections Show Fiscal Toll of COVID-19 Pandemic
The United States is currently experiencing one of its sharpest economic crises in modern history as a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic and...
Jun 9, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Debunking Debt Myths in the COVID Economy
Federal debt held by the public is slated to grow by roughly $4 trillion in fiscal year 2020 and exceed the size of the economy by year’s end....
Jun 3, 2020 | Other Spending
Webinar & Chartbook: What's the Status of COVID Relief Money?
On March 27, 2020, the President signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into law, the most sweeping economic...
Jun 2, 2020 | Other Spending
Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Pandemic Response Oversight
On June 3, 2020, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee...
May 22, 2020 | Economics
Chartbook: The COVID-19 Crisis and Federal Response
The economic crisis sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic has been sharper and more dramatic than any we have experienced in our nation’s history....
Apr 23, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Webinar & Chartbook: Unpacking the Next Phase of COVID-19 Relief
The Senate earlier this week passed the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act – the fourth piece of legislation aimed...
Apr 22, 2020 | Social Security
Analysis of the 2020 Social Security Trustees' Report
Today, the Social Security Trustees released their annual report, showing that...
Mar 30, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2021 Budget
Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of the...
Mar 17, 2020 | Health Care
Choices for Financing Medicare for All
Proposals to adopt a single-payer health care system – commonly called Medicare for All – have become increasingly popular. Such proposals, which...
Mar 9, 2020 | Budgets & Projections
Budget Offsets Bank
The federal debt is at a post-war record high, deficits are set to exceed the trillion-dollar mark...
Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2021
The Congressional budget resolution should establish national priorities in a responsible manner. Congress should follow these principles to craft...
Feb 26, 2020 | Health Care
Primary Care: Estimating Democratic Candidates’ Health Plans
Health care is the single largest part of the federal budget and a key driver of our unsustainably rising national debt. Rising health care...
Feb 25, 2020 | Budget Process
Congress Increasingly Fails to Budget
The Congressional budget process calls for an annual budget resolution to make explicit the tradeoffs between discretionary spending, direct...
