CBO projects ‘big, beautiful bill’ would add $5 trilllion to deficit if temporary tax cuts extended

Aug 4, 2025 - 21:00
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CBO projects ‘big, beautiful bill’ would add $5 trilllion to deficit if temporary tax cuts extended
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) informed Senate Budget Committee ranking member Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) in a letter Monday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Trump’s signature domestic policy accomplishment, would add $5 trillion to the deficit over the next decade if its temporary tax relief provisions are extended for a full 10 years.…