CBO

Monthly Budget Review: August 2026

The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026, the CBO estimates. That amount is $6 billion less than the deficit recorded during the same period last fiscal year.

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H.R. 9617, CHARM Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on July 21, 2026

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The Effects of Changing Temperatures on the Medicare Population

CBO examines how daily temperature changes affect emergency department visits, spending on those visits, and deaths among people enrolled in Medicare and how projected temperature changes caused by climate change affect those outcomes.

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S. 252, Guidance Out Of Darkness Act

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on August 6, 2026

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S. 3010, 21st Century Dyslexia Act

As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on August 5, 2026

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