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President Trump proposed paying a dividend of “at least $2,000 a person” with new tariff revenue in a post on Truth Social this weekend. The post...

Some lawmakers have called for increasing federal health care spending by $1.5 trillion to permanently extend the expiring enhanced Affordable Care...

With our national debt currently at 100 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), America has never entered any kind of economic emergency as indebted...

As Congress considers the possibility of a second reconciliation bill, lawmakers should ensure it reduces deficits rather than adds to them as the...

Updated 7/31/25: On July 24, President Trump signed a recissions package which rescinds $9 billion in federal funding that had previously been...

Note: This blog was updated on 8/4/25 to reflect CBO's newly-released estimates of the permanent cost of certain expiring tax provisions in OBBBA. The...

The Senate has passed its version of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 reconciliation bill – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The table below is a...

In addition to adding an extra $1.1 trillion to the national debt above the House bill to a total of over $4.1 trillion, the Senate-passed One Big...

As it currently stands, the Senate reconciliation bill is likely to add $3.5 to $4.2 trillion to the debt through Fiscal Year (FY) 2034, based on our...