...spending or revenues be at least deficit neutral. 61 By and large, the Congress and the President have lived within the BEA's constraints. Although the deficit...projected deficit since 1990. That virtually none of the changes in the deficit outlook result from policy actions is a testimonial to the success of the BEA...

...The factors that have led to an increase in the projected deficit since 1990 have largely to do with the deterioration of the economy and technical reestimates...and spending, especially for Medicare and Medicaid, not from the policy actions that were the focus of the enforcement process enacted by the BEA II. Lessons...

...Act has helped restrain spending, although such restraint has not brought the deficit down. Due to "the deterioration of the economy and technical re-estimates...and spending, especially for Medicare and Medicaid," the deficit continued to climb. Congressional Budget Office, The Economic and Budget Outlook: Fiscal...

...The factors that have led to an increase in the projected deficit since 1990 have largely to do with the deterioration of the economy and technical reestimates...and spending, especially for Medicare and Medicaid (see Box 6-1). That virtually none of the change in the deficit outlook results from policies enacted...