White House Advisor Likely
to Head CBO
January 17, 2003 - The House Budget Committee will
vote the week of Jan. 27 to confirm Douglas Holtz-Eakin as
director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). Currently
the top economist for the White House Council of Economic
Advisors, Holtz-Eakin is expected to win approval easily,
despite reservations held by some Democrats who are concerned
about his ability to be non-partisan.
The CBO scores federal legislation and advises Congress on
the state of the economy. The House and Senate Budget Committees
alternate selection of the CBO director, who serves four-year
terms. Holtz-Eakin, an economics professor on leave from Syracuse
University, is expected to receive final approval later this
month from the Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.)
and the president pro-tempore of the Senate Ted Stevens (R-Alaska).
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