Support the CBO Show Your Work Act, S. 1746
On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to support the CBO Show Your Work Act, S. 1746, introduced by Sen. Mike…
The CBO Reviews Trump’s Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has released its analysis of the President’s Budget Proposal. In collaboration with the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT), the CBO reviewed the President’s proposals…
CBO Coverage Projections Have Been Wildly Wrong
Winston Churchill once said, “It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time.” The reality…
As Premiums Go Up, Obamacare Enrollment Goes Down
Reports continue to come in about the results of implementing ObamaCare. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)…
CBO Report: More Spending, More Debt Over Next Ten Years
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), on Tuesday, released its first budget outlook report of the new year, offering a look at the fiscal picture for the next ten years,…
CBO Report Increases Urgency for Entitlement Reform
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report last month projecting an increase in the federal budget deficit relative to the gross domestic product (GDP) for the first time…
How the United States could become Greece unless Congress takes mounting debt seriously
Greek voters, on Sunday, rejected austerity measures crafted by European countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The results of the referendum, against which 61 percent voted, could mean…
Divided government has kept budget deficits in check, but a spending explosion is on the horizon
The Congressional Budget Office has released its annual budget outlook for the next decade, showing that the budget deficit will continue to fall in the current fiscal year, as…
ObamaCare spending will balloon to nearly $2 trillion over the next decade
One of the ways the Obama administration managed to get ObamaCare through Congress was by keeping the cost of the law under $1 trillion. This was accomplished through various…
CBO Report Confirms States Should Reject Medicaid Expansion
Conservatives were right to warn that Governor John Kasich’s embrace of the Obamacare Medicaid expansion would increase government spending and hurt Ohio’s labor force, a February 4 Congressional…