Step 01: Let's answer the question of how much our national debt has gone up since the first Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act was passed by Congress signed into law on March 27th, 2020. Click on the following website maintained by the U.S. Treasury - Debt to the Penny. This website will give you the "total debt of the U.S. government reported daily". Scroll down a bit on the webpage until you get to the daily Debt to the Penny table. You should see something like this