... J:\DOCS\HEARINGS\110TH\110-3\32919.TXT HBUD1 PsN: DICK THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE’S BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2007 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, Washington, DC The committee met, ... Over the next 10 years, as the first chart shows, if the first chart comes up, the budget under the baseline moves into surplus in 2012 and then remains in surplus through the rest of the budget ... understand and for the general public to understand that the restrictions or conventions that are imposed upon CBO by law and by practice make their estimates and the subsequent limitations of the...