Congressional Budget Office

Healthcare

CBO: Pelosi drug pricing bill would save government $345B over 10 years, but stifle new treatments

Kimberly Leonard -

October 11, 2019 11:34 pm

FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury Department reports on the federal budget picture for April and for the fiscal year thus far on Monday, May 12, 2014.

Economy

Federal budget deficit hits $1T through 11 months of 2019 fiscal year

Nihal Krishan -

September 9, 2019 10:07 pm

This July 16, 2019 photo shows the Capitol Dome in Washington.

News

Congressional Budget Office: Federal budget deficit to reach $1T in 2020

John Gage -

August 21, 2019 6:53 pm

President Donald Trump is eager to take the debt ceiling debate off the table this summer.

Economy

CBO says Trump’s tariffs hurting economic growth

Sean Higgins -

August 21, 2019 4:27 pm

This photo taken July 23, 2013, show the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Congress returns to work this week with a relatively short and simple agenda, vote to keep the government operating in the short term, then return home to campaign. National security threats from Islamic State militants and Russian aggression in Ukraine loom large, but September's session may be too short for lawmakers to do anything but talk about them.

Economy

House approves loan program for troubled pension plans

Sean Higgins -

July 25, 2019 1:42 am

The One Franklin Square Building, home of the Washington Post newspaper, is seen in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Washington Post ‘analysis’ claims the CBO is wrong about the downside to raising the minimum wage. It just won’t tell you why

Becket Adams -

July 11, 2019 11:26 pm

In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, protesters participate in a rally on Chicago's south side as labor organizers escalate their campaign raise the minimum wage for employees to $15 an hour.

Economy

CBO projects $15 minimum wage would cost 1.3 million jobs

Sean Higgins -

July 8, 2019 7:16 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Biden Courage Awards Tuesday, March 26, 2019, in New York.

Beltway Confidential

Joe Biden’s support for bringing back the individual mandate doesn’t make sense

Philip Klein -

July 5, 2019 5:06 pm

Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall speaks during a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee on the "Budget and Economic Outlook for FY2019-2029," on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019, in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

This Congressional Budget Office chart on the unsustainable federal debt should scare every American

Philip Klein -

June 25, 2019 4:20 pm

Economy

Federal debt and deficits set to rise ‘substantially,’ budget office warns

Sean Higgins -

June 25, 2019 10:25 am

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Tag: Congressional Budget Office

CBO: Pelosi drug pricing bill would save government $345B over 10 years, but stifle new treatments

Federal budget deficit hits $1T through 11 months of 2019 fiscal year

Congressional Budget Office: Federal budget deficit to reach $1T in 2020

CBO says Trump’s tariffs hurting economic growth

House approves loan program for troubled pension plans

Washington Post ‘analysis’ claims the CBO is wrong about the downside to raising the minimum wage. It just won’t tell you why

CBO projects $15 minimum wage would cost 1.3 million jobs

Joe Biden’s support for bringing back the individual mandate doesn’t make sense

Federal debt and deficits set to rise ‘substantially,’ budget office warns

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