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Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf is doing a great job informing the economic policy debate in a rigorous and unbiased matter. He and the CBO staff face a test similar to that faced by CBO under Dr. Reischauer during debate on the Clinton Health Plan. They have so far withstood the pressure with aplomb, but the real pressure is just beginning.

Critical policy fights sometimes happen long before a bill comes up for a vote.  Legislative process and strategy intersect early to determine the balance of power for a future vote on policy.  Health care legislation is several months away from a floor vote, but the tactical maneuvering has already begun.
Fair warning:  we’re going to work [...]

At Tuesday evening’s press conference, Jake Tapper, Senior White House Correspondent at ABC News, asked the President:
Q      Thank you, Mr. President.  Right now on Capitol Hill Senate Democrats are writing a budget and, according to press accounts and their own statements, they’re not including the middle-class tax cut that you include in the stimulus; they’re [...]

Monday the President proposed his budget for Fiscal Year 2009.  This is the first “e-Budget” – it was transmitted electronically as an official document to the Congress, and was digitally signed by the Executive Clerk.
At a press conference Monday, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) said:
But let me emphasize to you what I see [...]