What they put or left out of the bill was done with one purpose. CBO scoring and the ability to pass it. Once passed,all bets are off. Any group that complains loud enough will get what they want put back in. “Clearly we didn’t intend to...” is a phrase i expect to hear more than once.
The CBO makes Arthur Andersen look like a paragon of competent and ethical accounting. Unlike Arthur Andersen, though, the CBO won’t be run out of business, and its officers won’t be facing criminal prosecution.