CBO’s Budget Outlook Shows Pandemic’s Acceleration of U.S. Fiscal Challenges
The latest budget outlook released by CBO is the first to fully capture the budgetary impact of the pandemic.
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The latest budget outlook released by CBO is the first to fully capture the budgetary impact of the pandemic.
Reconciliation is a powerful process, whereby legislation drafted to meet those instructions has an easier path to passage.
Sequestration was designed to be a blunt instrument, whose arbitrary effects would be so undesirable that they would compel policymakers to reach compromise on budget legislation rather than allow the cuts to go into effect.
The latest report by the CBO on the outlook for the U.S. budget and economy highlights the costs of the ongoing weakness in our economy and uncertain direction of our nation’s fiscal policies.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/summary-of-cbo-update-on-budget-and-economic-outlook
The largest emergency response bill in history, the CARES Act allocates $2 trillion in emergency funding to provide relief to households, small and large businesses, states and municipalities, and healthcare providers, among others.
https://www.pgpf.org/infographic/whats-in-the-cares-act-heres-a-summary
The Peter G. Peterson Foundation has partnered with POLITICO to present the next Morning Money Breakfast Briefing.
https://www.pgpf.org/events/politico-morning-money-breakfast-briefing
Fiscal policymakers representing the Treasury Department, other federal agencies, think tanks and Congress will face off against college students in the Budgetball Tournament on the National Mall this Sunday from 11:00am to 2:00pm ET. Players will include David Walker, former U.S. Comptroller General, and Robert Reischauer, former Director of the Congressional Budget Office.
https://www.pgpf.org/press-release/administration-and-congressional-teams-get-fiscal
Tax expenditures are often "spending in disguise" because they are used by Congress to direct resources to specific constituencies and priorities — much like spending programs.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/the-debate-over-tax-expenditures
PAYGO is a budget enforcement mechanism intended to prevent passage of legislation that increases deficits.
Learn about steps you can take to help cure our fiscal ills.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/download-the-citizen%E2%80%99s-guide