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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 ...
Medicare cuts in play as Senate GOP hones budget bill
As Senate Republicans go deep into reconciliation bill-drafting mode, Medicare is increasingly coming up as a potential ...
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Congressional Budget Office Gives GOP 'Budget' A Poop Emoji
The Congressional Budget Office doesn't sugarcoat it. The Republican budget would explode the debt by $2.4 trillion while taking healthcare from 11 million.
Republican Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside ...
AI regulation moratorium dropped in Senate budget package
A controversial ban on state AI regulations in the House-passed "big, beautiful" measure was left out of the Senate Commerce ...
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 ...