This afternoon, the House of Representatives passed a bill to fill a long-time gap in the Congressional Budget Office’s analysis of major legislative proposals: estimating the impact that new policies would have on the American economy in addition to estimating the impact on the federal budget. The bill passed by a vote of 242-179.
Three free-market organizations — Americans for Prosperity, the American Family Business Institute, and Heritage Action for America — released the statement below responding to the good news.
