61.   The one area in which a compromise now seems likely is on the technical but extremely important issue of the economic assumptions that underpin any budget.

62.   The Republicans also preserved their right to use the economic assumptions of the Congressional Budget Office in calculating the cuts needed to reach a balanced budget.

63.   The Republicans use economic assumptions developed by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which is headed by a Republican appointee.

64.   The Treasury Department signed off on all those accords after detailed study of their economic assumptions.

65.   The White House and Hill could compromise by trimming the scope of the cuts and adopting more optimistic economic assumptions, which is what the White House wants.

66.   The White House plan uses economic assumptions from the congressional Budget Office to satisfy GOP demands.

67.   These economic assumptions have major cumulative impacts.

68.   They were committed to using the more conservative economic assumptions of the CBO and they were committed to a much larger tax cut.

69.   Things might also be fixed easily with some revisions in the economic assumptions provided by the Congressional Budget Office.

70.   This is a ritual danced in secret, with plenty of exaggeration, unfounded economic assumptions and downright lying.