The House speaker says the CBO missed by $1 trillion, but even the CBO couldn’t predict a pandemic.

NBC host Kristen Welker confronted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) because she said President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful bill" would "add to the debt and deficit." "Mr. Speaker, a number of Senate Republicans share Elon Musk's concerns that it will add to the debt and deficit,

U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), one of the two House Republicans to vote against President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” last month, is now prodding House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to shut down the U.

A major Republican bill supporting President Donald Trump’s domestic policy agenda is expected to increase the national debt by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, according to the latest estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

President Donald Trump’s big bill is likely to unleash trillions in tax cuts and slash spending, but also spike deficits by $2.4 trillion over the decade and leave some 10.9 million more people without health insurance.