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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 ...
Democratic leaders in Congress react to Ernst’s viral town hall comment
Iowa, told an attendee who shouted during a recent town hall that people will die as a result of proposed Medicaid funding ...
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 ...
Trump's big bill will cut taxes by $3.7T and add $2.4T to deficit, budget office says
The CBO also estimates an increase of 10.9 million people without health insurance under the bill, including 1.4 million who ...
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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 ...