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Congress is waiting on the CBO for its Build Back Better report – but how did fiscal scorekeepers come to be so powerful in politics?

  • Written by Philip Rocco, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Marquette University
imageYou know they're waiting, just anticipating ... for CBO figures they don't yet possess.Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

“How much will it cost?” This question, perhaps more than any other, bedevils Congress’ efforts to change public policy. And whatever problems a major piece of legislation might purport to...

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