CBO Report Shows Infrastructure is More Pro-Growth When It's Paid For
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report today detailing the macroeconomic effects of two illustrative, $500 billion infrastructure...
Blog | August 2021
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.
Aug 5, 2021 | Other Spending
Infrastructure Plan Will Add $400 Billion to the Deficit, CBO Finds
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) just published its score of the recently unveiled bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Though its...
Aug 4, 2021 | Other Spending
Breaking Down $800 Billion in Economic Impact Payments
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently published summary statistics for the three rounds of Economic Impact Payments (EIPs) paid...
Aug 4, 2021 | Health Care
Representative Suozzi Introduces the WISH Act
Representative Thomas Suozzi (D-NY) recently introduced the WISH Act, which aims to provide catastrophic long-term care...
Comparing the True Costs of Build Back Better and the TCJA
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the forthcoming budget reconciliation bill – together making up the core of the "Build Back...
Aug 3, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
How Much Could Build Back Better Add to the Debt?
Note: This analysis was updated for new data and details on August 11, 2021. See the updated analysis here.
While we do not have all the ...