The Congressional Budget Office, Like the Rest of Washington, Is Not Perfect
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) can’t give a straight answer. Yet to anyone who’s paid attention to the deluge of fraud cases uncovered, it’s obvious that the answer is “plenty.” CBO says it’s unclear how much money such an investment could save. It has a habit of including the costs of anti-fraud provisions in its estimates while failing to include the savings.
- ▪The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) can’t give a straight answer.
- ▪Yet to anyone who’s paid attention to the deluge of fraud cases uncovered, it’s obvious that the answer is “plenty.” CBO says it’s unclear how much money such an investment could save.
- ▪It has a habit of including the costs of anti-fraud provisions in its estimates while failing to include the savings.
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Home – Congressional & Capitol Hill News – The Congressional Budget Office, Like the Rest of Washington, Is Not Perfect opinion The Congressional Budget Office, Like the Rest of Washington, Is Not Perfect Daniel Kowalski | Ethan Scroggins | Christopher Lynch • July 23, 2026 Print Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip Swagel on November 18, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (function(){var t=document.querySelector(".wp-block-kadence-dynamichtml"),s=document.currentScript.previousElementSibling;if(t&&s){if("prepend"==="before_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t);else if("prepend"==="after_element")t.parentNode.insertBefore(s,t.nextSibling);else if("prepend"==="prepend"||"prepend"==="inside_first_child")t.insertBefore(s,t.firstChild);else…
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