Provision buried in new Senate budget resolution is a major blow to transparency

[babylonsister]

Provision buried in new Senate budget resolution is a major blow to transparency
The budget aims to change rules about CBO scoring before votes.
Addy Baird
Sep 29, 2017, 4:01 pm


A provision tucked into the Senate budget resolution released Friday could be a blow to transparency in the legislature.

The resolution calls for repealing a requirement that a vote on legislation cannot be held unless the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has scored the legislation and made their report public for at least 28 hours.

The rule is established in section 3205 of the Congressional Budget for fiscal year 2016, which “{e}stablishes a Senate point of order against voting on passage of legislation unless the CBO cost estimate was available on CBO’s website at least 28 hours before the vote.”

That rule applies to reported legislation coming from a committee, an attempt to make the effects of the bill available to the public before a vote.

But the 80th page of Friday’s budget resolution for fiscal year 2018 calls for repealing that point of order.

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[WestMichRad]

1. Folks, this deserves major attention!

Repeal of the CBO scoring provision would enable the majority party to jam proposed legislation through Congress without us even hearing about it prior to its approval. That isn't the way a democratic government operates!