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Tim Kaine: “I have noted a number of individuals, especially the OMB Director, describe CBO scoring of the House Republican health…”

On the recordJanuary 23, 2018
I have noted a number of individuals, especially the OMB Director, describe CBO scoring of the House Republican health care bill as 'absurd'; 'the days of relying on some nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to do that work for us has probably come and gone.'
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Tim Kaine
Democratic · Virginia

Editor's note · Context

Kaine criticizes the dismissal of CBO's role in evaluating health care legislation.

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