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As lawmakers continue their work on President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, his promise that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will help cut the federal deficit is colliding with the projections of the Congressional Budget Office. The House’s bill would, according to the CBO’s dynamic analysis, result in $2.77 trillion added to federal deficits over the next decade.
Owen Tilman is a former Dispatch intern and a junior at Yale University. In addition to being an aspiring political reporter, he is a classical philosophy nerd, avid piano player, and regular attendee at good burger joints.
