Former CBO Chiefs Fire Back At Republicans' Attacks On Agency's Integrity, Professionalism

The directors wrote to congressional leaders to urge them to "maintain and respect the Congress’s decades-long reliance on Congressional Budget Office’s estimates in developing and scoring bills."

All eight former directors of the Congressional Budget Office fired back Friday at Republican attacks on the nonpartisan scorekeeping agency over its projections that Obamacare repeal would leave millions more uninsured. In a letter to congressional leaders, the former chiefs wrote that the CBO has a long track record of producing high-quality and nonpartisan reports. (Cancryn, 7/21)

The defense comes as Republicans have been ramping up their attacks on the CBO’s estimates of the effects of ObamaCare replacement legislation. (Sullivan, 7/21)

The venerable Congressional Budget Office is under attack. Established in 1975 by Congress to provide independent analyses of legislation, the nonpartisan agency is under fire for its estimates of the effect of Republican proposals to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. (Kessler, 7/24)

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