President Obama had chosen Nancy Killefer as the government's chief performance officer to supervise the White House budget office.

VOA: special.2009.02.06

The White House budget office on Tuesday lowered its estimate for this year's federal deficit.

VOA: special.2009.08.28

They start running ads. This is what they always do" But some objections are based on cost estimates from an independent agency, the Congressional Budget Office.

VOA: special.2009.08.14

They pointed to a report this week from the Congressional Budget Office.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

When asked whether the Congressional Budget Office deficit projections will force Democrats to scale back these and other goals, Pelosi responded.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate and House bills would save $132 billion and $138 billion respectively.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Last week's Congressional Budget Office analysis of President Obama's budget projected that it would increase the federal deficit $2.3 trillion more than initially expected during the next 10 years.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

Legislation the Senate passed and the version the House of Representatives approved earlier have both been estimated by the independent Congressional Budget Office to cost in the upper $800 billion range.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

President Obama says the independent, nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has concluded the current Senate Finance Committee bill would make health coverage affordable for millions of Americans who don't have it today.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Democrats controlling both committees will use as a basis revised figures released last week by the Congressional Budget Office that project a more than $1.8 trillion deficit for 2009,substantially more than the Obama administration's initial estimate.

VOA: standard.2009.03.24

The White House and the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office,or CBO, project a federal deficit of about $1.6 trillion for the current fiscal year a record-high, although slightly less than had been projected a few months ago.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

But the White House and the Congressional Budget Office say that America's national debt will continue to expand for years to come, even assuming that the U.S.economy will begin to recover at the end of this year.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

But selling the proposed budget on Capitol Hill became harder after Friday's report from the Congressional Budget Office, which projects significantly higher budget deficits than the administration estimates over the next decade, adding trillions of dollars to the national debt.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

The Congressional Budget Office warned Friday that the U.S.budget deficit will grow to more than $1.8 trillion for the fiscal year that ends September 30th, and that Mr.Obama's budget plan will lead to $9.3 trillion in deficits over ten years.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21

Or are we going to make this vote a victory for the American people?" The legislation the House will vote on is estimated to cost But because of savings in some areas, the bipartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says it could reduce the size of the federal deficit by $138 billion, something the president is hoping will attracting support from wavering Democrats.

VOA: standard.2010.03.19

Those were the words of Rob Nabors, deputy director of the White House's Office of Management and Budget.

VOA: special.2009.07.10

Lew would replace Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, who is stepping down this month.

VOA: standard.2010.07.13