Under that assumption, the JCT reported this weekend that the tax portions of the Republican megabill would cost just $442 billion over 10 years — a huge drop from the previous estimate, which ...

* Tweaks to the phaseout of clean energy tax credits. The Senate plan reportedly would allow more projects to take advantage ...

Worries about rising debt: Asked about the Congressional Budget Office projection that the legislation would increase the national debt by about $3 trillion over 10 years, 63% of Americans ...

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Standing behind a podium in the Rose Garden, President Bill Clinton delivered a bold prediction 20 years ago. “Well ahead of the most ambitious schedule, America has balanced the budget,” he ...

When Congress returns from the summer recess next month, they’ll have just a few weeks to fund the government past the end of September and avoid a shutdown of federal agencies.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is trying to convince President Joe Biden to embrace a plan that would fully fund Social Security for more than seven decades, as well as raise benefits by $2,400 a year.