... quickly. Reid said there was "significant discussion about the CBO numbers" at the White House meeting. He said Obama's budget director, Peter Orszag, who recently headed the CBO, told participants that the study analyzed only 40 percent of the ...

... bailout have pushed the federal deficit to an all-time high for the first four months of the budget year. Obama's budget director, Peter Orszag, told lawmakers recently that even after the economy recovers, annual deficits could reach ...