congressional budget office

May 26, 2017 - Armed with the newly released Congressional Budget Office report detailing the devastating impact that the American Health Care Act would have if passed, groups are organizing to give U.S. senators an earful over the Memorial Day recess.

February 21, 2014 - This week the Congressional Budget Office released an analysis that claimed raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour would reduce total employment. But many economic experts disagree -- including seven Nobel Prize winners and eight former presidents of the American Economic Association.

August 15, 2012 - Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.), House Aerospace Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Pete Olson (R-Texas), Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney are among those citing an inflated figure for military budget cuts slated to take effect next year.

October 27, 2011 - A comprehensive new report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that the gap between rich and poor in the United States has grown dramatically over the past 30 years and is greatest in Southern cities.