GOP beats down key budget office over tax plan projections
(The Hill) Republicans are using Congresss official budget scorer as a whipping boy, as they argue a major package of President Trumps tax priorities is costless, despite multiple projections placing the plans price tag at trillions of dollars over the next decade.
While the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has not yet released its final estimate of House Republicans One Big Beautiful Bill Act as it advances on Capitol Hill, Republicans have increased attacks on the nonpartisan office over its cost projections of the partys tax cuts plan which seeks to permanently lock in expiring provisions in Trumps 2017 tax plan, along with a host of other add-ons.
The CBO sometimes gets projections correct, but theyre always off every single time when they project economic growth, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) argued during an appearance on NBCs Meet The Press on Sunday, asserting the bill is going to reduce the deficit.
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