Sentences with phrase «reduce the federal deficit over»

The Congressional Budget Office says the American Health Care Act would reduce the federal deficit over the 2017 - 2026 period by $ 119 billion, but also leave 23 million Americans without insurance, while at the same time lower the average insurance premiums.

The reduction, required by the failure of policymakers to abide by the terms of a 2011 law designed to reduce the federal deficit over the next decade, reduced the lab's budget this year by $ 100 million, to $ 1.5 billion.

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CBO and JCT estimate that enacting this legislation would reduce the cumulative federal deficit over the 2017 - 2026 period by $ 321 billion.

CBO and JCT estimate that enacting the legislation would reduce federal deficits by $ 337 billion over the 2017 - 2026 period.

While reducing federal spending during an economic slowdown was not the President's preference, he recognized the political realities and undertook a series of negotiations with the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, aimed at achieving a compromise plan to reduce the deficit over time through a combination of spending cuts and revenue increases.