thought whenour they agree to extend unemployment benefits? >> as you know, cbo does not make policy recommendations. that is very important because policy choices depend not just on the analysis of the consequences but how one weighs those consequences, what values one applies. there is something special about our values. it is of to our elected leaders to make the policy judgments. our job is to help congress understand the consequences. we have set a number of time that extending unemployment insurance benefits will provide a boost to the economy because that money will go to people who will be highly likely to spend it. there are consequences of extending unemployment insurance benefits. there would be people who would look for work less vigorously than they would otherwise. we have laid out the consequences of that and offer the congress and number of times menus of possible ways of providing some fiscal stimulus to the economy. >> i want to talk about the politics of the cbo. the agency has come under fire recently. with two reports you