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Congressional Budget Office

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 19: U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) (2nd R) talks to President of the American Action Forum and former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin (L) as Committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (2nd L) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) (R) look on prior to a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee April 19, 2013 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held a hearing on 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform Legislation.'

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  • New college student-loan rates may double

    loans exceeding $25,000; 1 in 10 borrowers owes more than $54,000 in loans. And student-loan debt now tops $1 trillion.The Congressional Budget Office estimates that of the almost $113 billion in new student loans the government made this year, more than $38   Read more »

  • Pincus: Who will stop kicking the fiscal can down the road?

    - increased the budget deficit for this year by $330 billion, and through fiscal 2022 by almost $4 trillion, says the Congressional Budget Office .Though that action postponed the "fiscal cliff" and is known for raising taxes on those earning more than $450,000   Read more »

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About Congressional Budget Office

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) is a federal agency within the legislative branch of the United States government. It was created by the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

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