For many Americans, the clashes on Capitol Hill over the federal budget are annoying background noise. For Mark Hadley, general counsel of the Congressional Budget Office, the partisan discord makes extra work for his small team of lawyers and staffers who review the budget from a nonpartisan viewpoint.
“The parties have fundamental disagreements about the appropriate size and role of government,” he said. “CBO serves the entire Congress, so that means we have to analyze more and more varied proposals.”
