Republicans may try budget math that doesn’t count Trump tax cuts
Extending the tax law that’s set to expire would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt — so some GOP lawmakers want to ...
CBO Sees US 2025 Deficit Flat at $1.9 Trln Before Any Trump Tax Changes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office on Friday forecast a $1.865 trillion U.S. budget deficit for fiscal ...
Trump plans an audacious grab for congressional ‘power of the purse’
As a presidential candidate last year, Donald Trump declared that if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) did not divert more of ...
CBO projects U.S. debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts
The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars ...
Lawler, Latimer favor study of Social Security's future as fund faces depletion by 2033
With the clock is ticking on the Social Security Trust Fund, Reps. George Latimer and Mike Lawler say more time is needed to ...
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US population projections shrink from last year because of declining birth rates, less immigration
The Congressional Budget Office has shrunk its projections for the U.S. population in 30 years to 372 million residents, a ...
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How Washington Can Finally Get Back to Fiscal Sanity
It’s time to start thinking about the constitutional ideals that can put the nation’s finances on sound footing.
Conflicting accounts on congressional Republicans' approach to Trump's agenda
Trump and Vance brainstormed with top congressional Republicans on a path to execute the president’s ambitious agenda amid ...
Navy Expansion Plans Could Cost Over $1 Trillion
The Navy's 2025 plan would cost 46 percent more each year—when adjusted to take out inflation—than the average amount dedicated yearly over the past five years, the CBO said. The total shipbuilding ...
As Trump takes office, Republicans face a high-stakes clash over his legislative agenda
Donald Trump will take the oath of office in the midst of a growing feud among congressional Republicans over how to deliver ...
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Navy shipbuilding plan would cost $1 trillion over the next 30 years
The Congressional Budget Office described the cost of the shipbuilding ... That was the case with the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier George Washington, which began its midlife refueling in August ...
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US clean energy tax subsidies to cost $825 billion over 10 years, CBO says
WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters ... boost U.S. budget deficits by $825 billion over the next 10 years, Congressional Budget Office director Philip Swagel said on Friday, far above the initial ...