Tag: Congressional Budget Office
CBO sees Trump shutdown as an economic blip totaling $3B
NEW YORK - The five-week partial shutdown of the United States government will ultimately cost the world’s biggest economy just $3 billion, though the...
U.S. budget deficit swells to $898B, topping forecast
NEW YORK - The United States budget deficit widened to $898 billion in the 11 months through August, exceeding the Congressional Budget Office’s forecast...
U.S. budget deficit to balloon to $1 trillion by 2020, CBO...
NEW YORK - The United States budget deficit will surpass $1 trillion by 2020, two years sooner than previously estimated, as tax cuts and...
Senate GOP has 12 days to repeal ACA and no room...
NEW YORK - Senate Republicans making one last-ditch effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act have the daunting task of assembling 50 votes for...
Halting Obamacare subsidies would increase deficit, CBO says
NEW YORK – Health plan premiums for some in Obamacare will surge and the federal deficit will increase by almost $200 billion over a...
Obamacare repeal fails early in Senate’s health care debate
NEW YORK - The Senate rejected a simple repeal of Obamacare on Wednesday, still in the early stages of an unpredictable floor debate on...
Senate’s latest health bill boosts uninsured by 22 million
NEW YORK - The latest plan by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million...
GOP’s Obamacare repeal would cut insured by 32 million, CBO says
WASHINGTON - A Republican fallback plan to repeal all of Obamacare without a replacement health program would lead to 32 million more people uninsured than under...
GOP leaders brace for CBO estimate on revised health bill
NEW YORK - Senate Republicans anxiously awaiting a key analysis of their revised health bill have more time to wait, and debate on the controversial...
CBO finds Trump’s budget doesn’t balance like White House said
NEW YORK - President Donald Trump’s proposed budget wouldn’t balance within 10 years, contrary to the White House’s claim, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office...



















