Congressional Budget Office
AP U.S. Government and Politics
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What do you think Congressional Budget Office (CBO) means?
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Definition
Congressional Budget Office (CBO): A nonpartisan agency of Congress that analyzes presidential budget recommendations and estimates the costs of proposed legislation. CBO provides Congress with analyses for economic and budget decisions and with estimates required for the Congressional budget process.
Sentence
The non-partisan CBO issues a score on major pieces of legislation so that legislators can know the costs of any laws they pass.
Example
What is the CBO, and why does its ‘score’ on the Obamacare repeal matter?
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Questions
What does the CBO do?
What do we mean when we say that the CBO is nonpartisan?
What branch of government is the CBO in?
What would be one consequence of eliminating the Congressional Budget Office?
If the Congress decided to eliminate the CBO, would the CBO issue a score on the cost of its own elimination?
Would the CBO logo make a better television station, website, or band logo?
Imagine you were starting a business with the initials: CBO. What would you want CBO to stand for?
