They just announced the CBO [projections], and the March deficit numbers were much worse than expected.» (nbr.com)
* For comparison purposes, all House debt and deficit numbers presented in this blog are compared to the Congressional Budget Office's June 2017 baseline. (crfb.org)
Administration officials said the true deficit number at the start of the process was $ 4.4 billion and that keeping state spending to the 2 percent cap level — which got things down to a $ 1.7 billion deficit — took a combination of spending cuts and proposed tax increases. (buffalonews.com)