Impeachment And The Cbo — Together In The News Again
After nearly 25 years, the Congressional Budget Office is finally getting the public accountability and the editorial scrutiny it has mostly avoided since its creation. When the CBO was enacted on July 12, 1974, President Nixon's impeachment hearings were in full swing, and I was serving my second term as U.S. Representative from Delaware. I was among those who voted for the Congressional Budget Act of 1974.