Congressional Budget Office

FILE- In this May 30, 2018, file photo the East Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington is seen under stormy skies. On Tuesday, June 12, the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for May.

Economy

Monthly federal deficit hits record high in February of $234 billion

Joseph Lawler -

March 22, 2019 6:42 pm

Office of Management and Budget staff delivers President Trump's 2020 budget outline.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s phony budget relies on rosy economic assumptions and imaginary savings

Philip Klein -

March 11, 2019 7:14 pm

Copies of U.S. President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2020 budget request are displayed in the House Budget Committee hearing room on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, March 11, 2019.

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Trump unveils budget with ambitious goals for spending cuts, economic growth

Colin Wilhelm -

March 11, 2019 3:32 pm

President Donald Trump walks down the steps of the Capitol building after a luncheon with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, Thursday, March 15, 2018, in Washington. From left, Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., Varadkar, Trump, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., and Vice President Mike Pence.

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Congress faces fall deadline to raise the debt ceiling

Colin Wilhelm -

February 26, 2019 8:03 pm

The healthcare.gov website is seen on a laptop computer in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2017.

Columnists

Government report reveals CBO was scandalously off in Obamacare estimates

Philip Klein -

February 21, 2019 3:02 am

President Donald Trump walks away after speaking during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019 in Washington.

News

Trump says that the US will grow its way out of the $22 trillion debt

Colin Wilhelm -

February 15, 2019 5:13 pm

Magazine - Features

Sloshed on spending

Corie Whalen -

February 15, 2019 5:00 am

Environmental activists protest for Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change.

Beltway Confidential

Reality check: Cost of ‘Green New Deal’ would dwarf moon landing, highway system, and New Deal itself

Philip Klein -

February 8, 2019 7:29 pm

Beltway Confidential

CBO report shows that spending, not Trump tax cuts, are primarily driving the nation’s deficits

Philip Klein -

January 29, 2019 9:09 pm

President Trump holds up examples of tariffs, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington.

Economy

Tariffs from Trump’s trade wars are hurting the economy, budget office finds — but only barely

Sean Higgins -

January 28, 2019 8:48 pm

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Tag: Congressional Budget Office

Monthly federal deficit hits record high in February of $234 billion

Trump’s phony budget relies on rosy economic assumptions and imaginary savings

Congress faces fall deadline to raise the debt ceiling

Government report reveals CBO was scandalously off in Obamacare estimates

Trump says that the US will grow its way out of the $22 trillion debt

Sloshed on spending

Reality check: Cost of ‘Green New Deal’ would dwarf moon landing, highway system, and New Deal itself

Tariffs from Trump’s trade wars are hurting the economy, budget office finds — but only barely

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