Manipulating the CBO: The Baucus Bait and Switch
Politics • October 2009 • Views: 380
An extremely important guest post from the Heritage Foundation
Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus (D-MT) who was determined to manipulate the CBO’s scoring system as best he could and deliver a deficit neutral version of Obamacare. After months of working directly with CBO staff, Baucus scored a victory for Obamacare yesterday