As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

Extending the tax law that’s set to expire would add $4.6 trillion to the national debt — so some GOP lawmakers want to ...

Republicans on the House Budget Committee are considering more than 200 potential budget cuts, tax breaks, tariffs and ...

The United States is set to see its debt level swell to a record over the coming decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday, days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

The first hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee was ostensibly about telework yet frequently ...

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According to the Congressional Budget Office, in 2022, the federal government employed 2.3 million civilians at a cost of $271 billion. If you can cut 10% of those employees, which would be a ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces Social Security for those who earn “non-covered” pension income their jobs, ...

a new analysis published by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) shows.