Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget: CBO Analysis Highlights Risk of Arbitrary Expirations
December 11, 2021
December 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (TNSPol) -- The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget issued the following statement on Dec. 10, 2021:
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The House-passed Build Back Better Act incorporates numerous arbitrary sunsets in order to hold down its costs. Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate of the cost of the House-passed Build Back Better Act if most temporary provisions in the bill were made permanent. CBO estimates that if all of these provisions . . .
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The House-passed Build Back Better Act incorporates numerous arbitrary sunsets in order to hold down its costs. Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an estimate of the cost of the House-passed Build Back Better Act if most temporary provisions in the bill were made permanent. CBO estimates that if all of these provisions . . .