Gingrich Calls For Privatizing The Congressional Budget Office<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGOP frontrunner-of-the week Newt Gingrich reiterated his call for repealing the Congressional Budget Office \u2014 the organization responsible for scoring legislation \u2014 yesterday, arguing that it \u201cactuall…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) is not beyond reproach, but it's the closest thing we have to a neutral party for cutting through the political, partisan posturing as to what the financial impacts of various proposed laws would actually be. So, of course, why wouldn't we outsource that to a private firm? 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