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CBO director worries some Americans don’t know what to believe anymore

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 20, 2017
Keith Hall, of the Congressional Budget Office, talks about the importance of keeping analysis nonpartisan.
"We understand our role is to be nonpartisan and to be objective," says Keith Hall, director of the Congressional Budget Office. "You don't want the economic data to be partisan."
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Looming budget fight could slow GOP push for tax reform

by Adam Allington
Mar 28, 2017
Following the collapse of the House GOP health plan, President Trump and congressional Republicans say they will now pivot to tax reform. But they have got some serious heavy lifting to do before they get there. The appropriations bill passed last November expires at the end of April. With Republicans divided, the GOP may now […]
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Which areas will see cuts under Trump's budget?

by Marketplace Contributor
Mar 16, 2017
One big winner: people who want to see a smaller government.
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Who scores the GOP's revised health plan and its costs?

by Adam Allington
Mar 7, 2017
The Congressional Budget Office figures the price of new legislation and tries to predict behavioral changes.
Tom Price, U.S. secretary of Health and Human Services, compares a copy of the Affordable Care Act, right, and a copy of the new House Republican health care bill at the White House daily press briefing.
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Trump's threatened cuts makes city budgeting a risky business

by Marielle Segarra
Mar 6, 2017
Cities like New York and San Francisco are facing uncertainty about how to budget for the future. President Donald Trump has said he plans to make drastic budget cuts, and he’s also threatened to withhold federal money from “sanctuary cities.” Are cities running through scenarios where they might not have federal funding? Click the audio […]
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How partisan is the national budget?

by Molly Wood and Eliza Mills
Mar 3, 2017
USC Gould School of Law professor Edward Kleinbard on politics and the national budget.
President Donald Trump with Mick Mulvaney, far left, director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Republican congressional leaders at a working lunch in the Roosevelt Room on Wednesday.
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President Trump wants to boost defense spending by $54 billion

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 28, 2017
What's on the Pentagon's wish list?
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Trump’s spending plan isn’t all that new

by Adam Allington
Feb 27, 2017
In his speech to a joint session of Congress tomorrow night, President Donald Trump will outline his approach to budgeting: a big boost to defense spending and no cuts to entitlements like Medicaid or Social Security. That means reductions for domestic programs. But Trump’s budget proposal really changes very little about the nation’s federal spending […]
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Can spending hikes and deficit reductions coexist?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Dec 19, 2016
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget is House Representative Mick Mulvaney from South Carolina. He’s a deficit hawk who came into office with many other Tea Party candidates back in 2010. He has a long history of budget cutting, even embracing the term “shutdown caucus” because of his willingness […]
President-elect Trump's nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget is House Representative Mick Mulvaney from South Carolina.
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The complexities of funding the fight against the Zika virus

by Andy Uhler
Oct 27, 2016
Congress took eight months to approve allocating $1.1 billion to help fight the outbreak.
Nelson Tejeda, a Miami-Dade County mosquito control inspector, inspects an area in an attempt to find and kill mosquitos that are carrying the Zika virus in Miami, Florida.   
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