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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 ...
What is the CBO? A look at the small office inflaming debate over Trump's tax bill
A small government office with some 275 employees has found itself caught in the political crossfire as Congress debates ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
The White House’s through-the-looking-glass budget spin
OMB director ignores current law and relies on budget gimmicks to claim massive deficit reduction.
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, ...
Trump's budget bill will leave 10.9 million more uninsured, CBO says
Trump’s “big, beautiful" budget bill would leave an additional 10.9 million Americans without health insurance and increase ...
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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 ...
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Budget office analysis makes the Republicans’ domestic policy megabill look even worse
The original Congressional Budget Office score of the GOP's reconciliation package was brutal. A revised analysis made matters worse for Republicans.