U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

The Congressional Budget Office recently released a report analyzing the accuracy of their budget projections. The agency ...

Richard Stern joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the players, procedures, and policy options on the table for budget ...

Many millions of people would have a harder time affording and accessing health care under Republican proposals that Congress ...

Some House Republicans are frustrated with a lack of progress in the reconciliation process, but leadership says the ...

Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) announced the reintroduction of his Protect Our Seniors Act, a legislative effort aimed at preserving and protecting Social Security ...

According to data from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, the federal government is staring down a $1.9 trillion deficit ...

Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will ...

The ideas being proposed could amount to more than $2 trillion of cuts to the countrys public health insurance program for ...