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Spending Has Increased $800 Billion Under President Trump
Read morePresident Trump's Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget calls for about $3.2 trillion in net deficit reduction over the next decade by our estimate, including...
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An Overview of the President’s FY 2021 Budget
Read moreMoments ago, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 budget proposal, outlining his tax and spending proposals and their effects on the...
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The President's Budget Saves Medicare $600 Billion While Reducing Out-of-Pocket Costs
Read moreLast year, numerous politicians and outlets repeated the false and misleading claim that the President’s FY 2020 budget cut Medicare benefits by $845...
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Play Debt-O During State of the Union 2020!
Read moreTonight, President Donald Trump will give his third State of the Union Address at 9 p.m. EST. During the address, we will be live tweeting, providing...
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President Trump has Signed $4.7 Trillion of Debt into Law
Read moreOur US Budget Watch 2020 project analyzes, estimates, and explains the fiscal implications of proposals introduced during the presidential campaigns...
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President Trump Bolsters Administrative PAYGO Through Executive Order
Read moreLast week, President Trump signed an executive order requiring federal agencies to identify and propose offsets whenever they propose an action that...
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President Trump’s $4 Trillion Debt Increase
Read moreIf the recent budget deal is signed into law, it will be the third major piece of deficit-financed legislation in President Trump's term. In total, we...
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President's Budget Gets Serious About Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Read moreUpdate: the tables in this post have been updated with estimates from CBO's analysis of the President's FY 2020 budget. CBO does not provide specific...
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Three-Fifths of This Year's Deficit is Policymakers' Fault
Read moreThe budget deficit will be almost $900 billion this year according to projections from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). By our estimates, 60...
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An Overview of the President's FY 2020 Budget
Read moreMoments ago, President Trump released his Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget proposals, outlining his tax and spending proposals for the next decade. We...
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Analysis of the President’s FY 2020 Budget
Read moreThe Trump Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 budget proposal today, outlining the President’s tax and spending priorities over the next...
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What We’d Like to See in President Trump’s FY 2020 Budget
Read moreReports suggest the Trump administration will release its FY 2020 budget in two parts, beginning next week. With debt at post-war record highs...