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Congress’s Budget Referee Confronts Swarm of GOP Critics
In an interview, Phill Swagel defended the CBO’s forecasting record as Republicans blast the fiscal scorekeeping agency’s ...
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‘Nonpartisan’ Congressional Budget Office Is Not So Nonpartisan After All, New Report Shows
The supposedly “nonpartisan” Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which provides Congress with cost estimates for its policy ...
Democratic leaders in Congress react to Ernst’s viral town hall comment
Iowa, told an attendee who shouted during a recent town hall that people will die as a result of proposed Medicaid funding ...
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said tariffs would reduce the purchasing power of households overall.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period ...
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Trump’s Budget and Tax Proposals Mark Historic Shift in US Approach to Health Care Policy
The Congressional Budget Office estimates the package would add $2.4 trillion to the national deficit over a decade and leave ...
Tariffs Would Reduce The Federal Deficit, Budget Office Says
The Republicans' spending bill passed by the House of Representatives would blow a big, beautiful hole in the federal deficit, but President Donald Trump's tariffs would patch it, according to the ...
Trump formally asks Congress to claw back approved spending targeted by DOGE
Bobby Kogan, senior director of federal budget policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, said in an ...
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WATCH: Vought said Trump could ask to rescind more money if Congress approves first request
Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought told a House committee on Wednesday that the Trump administration could ...