As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on October 21, 2025

Learn more about CBO's work and its processes in a publication that is typically updated at the start of each Congress or a new session.

In this report, the latest in a quarterly series, CBO highlights its recent publications and summarizes its work in progress.

As passed by the House of Representatives on December 1, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on December 17, 2025

CBO describes three types of policy approaches to address the ongoing opioid crisis and assesses their effectiveness and likely budgetary effects.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on January 8, 2026

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on December 3, 2025

The federal budget deficit totaled $601 billion in the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, the CBO estimates.

CBO provides details about its latest projections of the economy through 2028. Those projections were finalized on December 3, 2025.

As amended by amendment no. 1 and published in the Congressional Record, Vol. 171, No. 191 (November 12, 2025, p. H4668)

Presentation by Eric Labs, an analyst in CBO's National Security Division, at the Bank of America Defense Outlook and Commercial Aerospace Forum 2026.

As posted on the website of the House Committee on Rules on January 5, 2026

In CBO's projections, the U.S. population grows from 349 million people in 2026 to 364 million in 2056, and the average age rises. Starting in 2030, annual deaths exceed annual births, and net immigration accounts for all population growth.

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on December 2, 2025

The Majority Leader of the House of Representatives announces bills that will be considered under suspension of the rules in that chamber. CBO estimates the effects of those bills on direct spending and revenues.