The Congressional Budget Office: honest numbers, power, and policymaking
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Main Author: Joyce, Philip G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. Georgetown University Press ©2011
Series:American governance and public policy
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Created in 1974, the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has become one of the most influential forces in national policymaking. A critical component of our system of checks and balances, the CBO has given Congress the analytical capacity to challenge the president on budget issues while it protects the public interest, providing honest numbers about Congress's own budget proposals. The book discusses the CBO's role in larger budget policy and the more narrow "scoring" of individual legislation, such as its role in the 2009--2010 Obama health care reform. It also describes how the first ..
Includes bibliographical references and index
Truth, power and consequences -- Creating for nonpartisan analysis -- Macrobudgeting -- Microbudgeting -- Policy analysis -- The Clinton health plan : bringing it all together -- Obama health care reform -- An excellent skunk?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 250 pages)
ISBN:9781589017580
1589017587

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