Congressional Budget Office

• CBO reduces 'Cadillac' tax, employer penalty estimates

  By Amanda McGrory-Dixon  |  May 20, 2013

  “Cadillac tax” collections, according to the Congressional Budget Office, will be far less than originally forecast.

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  CBO says PPACA repeal will increase deficit

  By Kathryn Mayer  |  May 15, 2013

  With House Republicans just a day away from voting to seek a repeal of President Obama’s health reform law, congressional budget analysts suggested on Wednesday that repealing the law would increase the deficit.

• 2013 deficit estimate lowered to $642 billion

  By Andrew Taylor  |  May 15, 2013

  The budget deficit for the current year is projected to come in well below what was estimated just a few months ago.

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  Study: Immigration bill would help Social Security

  By Erica Werner  |  May 8, 2013

  A bipartisan immigration bill pending in the Senate would strengthen the Social Security trust fund by adding millions of workers to tax rolls, and provide a boost to the overall economy, according to an analysis Wednesday by the Social Security Administration.

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  Heritage study sets off immigration bill squabble

  By Erica Werner  |  May 6, 2013

  A bipartisan Senate immigration bill would cost the government a net $6.3 trillion over the next 50 years to provide benefits for millions of people now living in the U.S. illegally.

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  Dems, GOP talk deficit reduction

  By Charles Babington  |  April 25, 2013

  Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary.

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  Both left and right bash immigration bill

  By Erica Werner  |  April 17, 2013

  To some conservatives, it's amnesty. To some advocates, it's unnecessarily punitive.

• Just what is 'chained' CPI? A primer

  By Associated Press  |  April 11, 2013

  President Barack Obama's 2014 budget includes a key change in the way the government measures inflation. If adopted, the chained Consumer Price Index would have far-reaching effects.

• Obama proposes 94-cent cigarette tax hike

  By Stephen Ohlemacher  |  April 11, 2013

• What will PPACA do to the non-exchange market?

  By Allison Bell  |  April 10, 2013

  A team of state insurance regulators is trying to figure out how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act might affect — or not — health plans that operate outside the PPACA health insurance exchange system.