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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 ...
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.
Russ Vought: CBO Many Times Can't See The Forest For The Trees
White House Office of Management and Budget director Russ Vought disputed the Congressional Budget Office's assessment that the "Big, Beautiful" budget reconciliation package will not reduce spending.
OMB Director Vought calls it a 'paramount fiscally responsible bill' despite CBO projections of $2.4T increase
Office of Management and Budget director Russ Vought defended the Trump administration's economic package as 'fiscally responsible' despite concerns about adding to national debt.
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 ...
Senate weighs Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' as policy group backs CBO, projects $3 trillion debt increase
The Congressional Budget Office estimates that Trump's spending package addressing tax policy, immigration and other issues ...
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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 ...
Trump’s tariffs would cut US deficits by $2.8T over 10 years and shrink the economy, CBO says
President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff plan would cut deficits by $2.8 trillion over a 10-year period while shrinking the ...
What is the Congressional Budget Office? And why is it a target of Trump?
The CBO released a report estimating that President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would increase the deficit by $2.4 ...
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 ...