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Trump's 'Big, Beautiful Bill' Will Add $2.4 Trillion in Debt, CBO Predicts—as President Again Calls for Fed Chair Jerome Powell To Lower Rates
The president's budget proposal sits with the Senate, but whether it'll listen to the CBO's findings remains to be seen.
Democrat-controlled budget office wrongly analyzed Trump's big bill, missed record savings, White House says
White House says the CBO’s analysis is wrong because it assumes that Republicans in Congress will fail to extend Trump’s 2017 ...
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What's the CBO? Meet the nonpartisan agency under fire from Republicans.
Top Republicans, including President Trump, are criticizing the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office over its assessment ...
Trump budget bill would increase deficit by $2.4 trillion with 10.9 million more uninsured by 2034, CBO says
Republicans' sweeping policy bill would increase the deficit by $2.4 trillion over the next decade, the nonpartisan ...
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Immigration surge cost state and local governments $9.2 billion in 2023, nonpartisan CBO finds
Recent migrants paid $10.1 billion in taxes but required $19.3 billion in services, with education and shelter driving the ...
House reconciliation bill would increase budget deficits by $2.3 trillion over a decade: CBO
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, backed by President Trump and Republicans, would add $2.3 trillion to budget deficits, ...
What is the CBO? A look at the small office inflaming debate over Trump’s tax bill
“The CBO assumes long-term GDP growth of an anemic 1.8% and that is absurd,” said White House press secretary Karoline ...
The White House’s disingenuous claim about CBO’s political leanings
So unfortunately, this is an institution in our country that has become partisan and political.” We have a high bar when it ...
GOP beats down key budget office over tax plan projections
Republicans are using Congress’s official budget scorer as a whipping boy, as they argue a major package of President Trump’s tax priorities is costless, despite multiple projections placing ...
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 ...