re: #142 Jeff In Ohio

Not only can it be manipulated, but the CBO will only score based on the bill presented and the law as it currently stands.

So if the terms of other legislation change, it will affect scoring down the road.

In other words, in the health care debate, the CBO will score matters based on how the law exists at present, including the sunset of all Bush era tax cuts on schedule when looking at all the revenue projections going forward even though everyone expects that the tax law will look quite different as parts are maintained while others are allowed to sunset. That affects expectations and the projections.