Taxpayers' Budget Office

Policy Impact

Research

• Ended Overseas Contingency Operations program                                                                                     

• Highlighted issues with CBO baseline projections and proposed new approaches

• Supported CBO reform bills passed into law

• Analyzed the true costs of White House budget requests

• Fought against pension loopholes for congressional felons

• Examined the potential of bipartisan fiscal commissions to address deficit spending and improve budgeting practices

• Shed light on budget offset gimmicks

• Informed public on the fiscal impacts of executive student loan cancellation policies