In order to shed some light on the complete, factual story, we generated a statistical analysis, which was created using information from the Congressional Budget Office, the White House Office of Management and Budget, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Financial Management Service, and the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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The offer, capping six months of negotiations between the Department of Economic and Community Development and Freedom Group, was dropped after private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management announced it would sell Freedom Group, manufacturer of the Bushmaster AR-15.

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As you may know, the Council of Economic Advisers takes the lead in a process that includes the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of Treasury to produce the administration forecast that goes into all of the budget projections.

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