- No clear beneficiaries surfaced yet.
CBO Show Your Work Act
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
<p><b>CBO Show Your Work Act </b></p> <p>This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. </p> <p>For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. </p> <p>For data that may not be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public</p> <ul> <li> a complete list of all data variables for the data; </li> <li> descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure; </li> <li> a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and </li> <li> contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data. </li> </ul>
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The next hurdle is converting committee movement into a floor coalition.
<p><b>CBO Show Your Work Act </b></p> <p>This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to make available to Congress and the public each fiscal model, policy model, and data preparation routine that the CBO uses to estimate the costs and other fiscal, social, or economic effects of legislation. </p> <p>For each estimate of the costs and other fiscal effects of legislation, the CBO must also disclose, in a manner sufficient to permit replication by individuals not employed by the CBO, the data, programs, models, assumptions, and other details of the computations used to prepare the estimate. </p> <p>For data that may not be disclosed, the CBO must make available to Congress and the public</p> <ul> <li> a complete list of all data variables for the data; </li> <li> descriptive statistics for all data variables for the data, to the extent that the descriptive statistics do not violate the rule against disclosure; </li> <li> a reference to the statute requiring that the data not be disclosed; and </li> <li> contact information for the individual or entity who has unrestricted access to the data. </li> </ul>
This bill has moved beyond introduction, but committee and floor dynamics still determine whether it can build durable support.
How solid the drafting looks.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
Who stands to gain, and who may push back.
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
- No clear downsides surfaced yet.
Why the argument around this bill splits.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
The path through Congress.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
This bill has moved beyond introduction, but committee and floor dynamics still determine whether it can build durable support.
- The next hurdle is converting committee movement into a floor coalition.
Recent votes on the bill.
No vote history yet
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Go deeper than the headline read.
The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
This bill has moved beyond introduction, but committee and floor dynamics still determine whether it can build durable support.
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