Freedom Caucus Hopes To Shrink CBO, Let Think Tanks Like Heritage And Brookings Score Budget Bills
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen A handful of congressmen in the Freedom Caucus want to strip federal funding from one part of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and rely on outside think tanks to analyze budget legislation, the Washington Post reported. Virginia Republican Rep. H. Morgan Griffith introduced an amendment to a spending bill…