Events
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosts various events to educate the public about various policy issues. Below is a list of our upcoming, current, and past events.
Apr 8, 2021
Virtual Event: Paying for Infrastructure
America’s infrastructure may soon be getting an upgrade. The Highway Trust Fund is currently less than a year from insolvency, and policymakers are currently discussing spending $1 trillion or more to modernize infrastructure, including investments...
Mar 17, 2021
Virtual Event: New Ideas to Lower Health Care Costs
There is broad agreement on the need to address high and rising health care costs and a growing consensus on potential sources of savings. To highlight potential solutions, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted New Ideas to...
Feb 11, 2021
Virtual Event: What Can You Do With Reconciliation?
Congress advanced a budget resolution allowing up to $1.9 trillion of additional spending or tax cuts through a process known as budget reconciliation. This powerful tool allows legislation to pass with a simple majority in the Senate, but includes...
Jan 7, 2021
Webinar: What's in the Latest COVID Relief Bill
At the end of December, lawmakers agreed on over $900 billion of COVID relief. It is the fifth major bill enacted in response to the COVID pandemic and economic crisis, and the first since April's Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care...
Dec 16, 2020
Virtual Screening of UnRepresented and Panel Discussion
The pandemic and election exposed deep divisions among the public and raised serious questions about whether our political system is up to the task of addressing the major challenges we face. Along with FixUS, we co-hosted an advance screening...