Peter Orszag (L), the current director of the Congressional Budget Office, listens as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announces Orszag as his choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget during a news conference in Chicago November 25, 2008. Reuters Pictures 12 months ago

Peter Orszag (L), the current director of the Congressional Budget Office, listens as U.S. President-elect Barack Obama announces Orszag as his choice for director of the Office of Management and Budget during a news conference in Chicago November 25, 2008.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin (R) answers questions during a forum hosted by the Congressional Health Care Caucus with Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) (L) and America's Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni on Capitol Hill October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. The caucus, a group that serves Republican members of Congress, hosted the forum to talk about how best to insure individuals with 'pre-existing conditions.'
  2. Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf answers questions during a Senate Finance Committee hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID) participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Jim Bunning introduced an amendment that would require that the legislative language and a final and complete cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office be made publicly available on the Finance Committee's website.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin (R) answers questions during a forum hosted by the Congressional Health Care Caucus with Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) (L) and America's Health Insurance Plans President and CEO Karen Ignagni on Capitol Hill October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. The caucus, a group that serves Republican members of Congress, hosted the forum to talk about how best to insure individuals with 'pre-existing conditions.'
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin listens to questions during a forum hosted by the Congressional Health Care Caucus on Capitol Hill October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. The caucus, a group that serves Republican members of Congress, hosted the forum to talk about how best to insure individuals with 'pre-existing conditions.'
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 26: Former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin delivers remarks during a forum hosted by the Congressional Health Care Caucus on Capitol Hill October 26, 2009 in Washington, DC. The caucus, a group that serves Republican members of Congress, hosted the forum to talk about how best to insure individuals with 'pre-existing conditions.'
  4. Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf answers questions during a Senate Finance Committee hearing regarding health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC)(2nd-R) speaks while flanked by Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY)(2nd-L), Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID)(L) and Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)(R) during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 7, 2009 in Washington DC. Senator Demint spoke about Senator Bunnings amendment that would require that the legislative language and a final and complete cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office be made publicly available on the Finance Committee's website.
  6. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Sen. Michael Crapo (R-ID) participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Jim Bunning introduced an amendment that would require that the legislative language and a final and complete cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office be made publicly available on the Finance Committee's website.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 7, 2009 in Washington DC. Senator Vitter spoke about Senator Jim Bunnings (R-KY) amendment that would require that the legislative language and a final and complete cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office be made publicly available on the Finance Committee�s website.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) participates in a news conference on Capitol Hill on October 7, 2009 in Washington DC. SenatorJim Bunning (R-KY) introduced an amendment that would require that the legislative language and a final and complete cost analysis by the Congressional Budget Office be made publicly available on the Finance Committee�s website.
  9. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Kathrina Norris (L) and Matt Cross (R) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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