H.R. 826, Divided Families Reunification Act

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on April 21, 2021

CBO Releases Infographics About the Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2020

View CBO’s budget infographics to see how much the federal government spent and took in during fiscal year 2020, as well as broader trends in the budget over the past few decades.

CBO’s Panel of Economic Advisers, 2021

CBO announces the current members of its Panel of Economic Advisers.

Discretionary Spending in Fiscal Year 2020: An Infographic

Discretionary spending by the federal government totaled $1.6 trillion in 2020, of which $714 billion was for national defense and $914 billion was for nondefense activities.

Mandatory Spending in Fiscal Year 2020: An Infographic

Mandatory spending by the federal government totaled $4.6 trillion in 2020, of which $1.9 trillion was for Social Security and Medicare.

Revenues in Fiscal Year 2020: An Infographic

Revenues received by the federal government in 2020 totaled $3.4 trillion, of which $1.6 trillion was receipts from individual income taxes.

The Federal Budget in Fiscal Year 2020: An Infographic

The federal deficit in 2020 was $3.1 trillion, equal to 14.9 percent of gross domestic product.

CBO’s Policy Growth Model

The Policy Growth Model is one in a suite of models that CBO uses to analyze how economic growth and the federal budget interact.

H.R. 1603, Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2021

As passed by the House of Representatives on March 18, 2021

Information Sources for Policymakers: Congressional Budget Office 101

Presentation by Lara Robillard, an analyst in CBO’s Budget Analysis Division, at the AcademyHealth 2021 Health Policy Orientation.