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Republicans approve alternative budget projections that show lower deficit impacts for massive tax package
Proponents of the current policy baseline method say it offers a more realistic picture of how the tax cuts will affect the ...
Senate Bill Would Add at Least $3.3 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says
A new analysis showing the legislation would be far more expensive than the House version could complicate its chances of ...
Senate Democrat: GOP budget math ‘as fake as Donald Trump’s tan’
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) criticized the questionable "budget math" used by President Trump and his Republican allies in the ...
Senate spars over Trump agenda budget tactic as Democrats cry ‘hypocrisy’
Sen. John Thune raised a point of order to treat Trump’s 2017 tax cuts as cost-free, but Sen. Chuck Schumer challenged the current policy baseline tactic.
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Case opposes legislative branch funding bill, citing threats to Congressional oversight
US Rep. Ed Case (HI-01), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, voted against the Fiscal Year 2026 Legislative ...
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Congressional Budget Office - The New York Times
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that the richer Americans were, the more they would benefit from the measure carrying President Trump’s agenda. And the poorest would lose out ...
Congress Is Pushing for a Medicaid Work Requirement. Here’s What Happened When Georgia Tried It.
GOP lawmakers want to nationalize Medicaid work requirements to offset Trump’s proposed tax cuts. Yet Georgia’s example shows ...
The US is in a Mental Health Crisis. Congress’ Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Only Make It Worse.
The US is in a Mental Health Crisis. Congress' Budget Reconciliation Bill Will Only Make It Worse. Sponsored by National ...