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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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...