Former CBO directors ask Congress to stop bashing the budget office
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Republicans continue to bash the Congressional Budget Office for what they say are inaccurate estimates of the impact of their legislation to repeal Obamacare. But the former directors of the nonpartisan organization wrote a letter to congressional leadership Friday asking Congress to keep using the CBO.
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