Republican budget hawks faced painful calculations Wednesday as the House inched toward advancing President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” that would saddle more generations with trillions of dollars in debt.
A fresh analysis from the Congressional Budget Office projected the proposal would pile on some $3 trillion over the next decade to the national debt, which already stands at an eye-popping $36 trillion. The estimate only further crippled chances of winning over holdouts.
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