When the Congressional Budget Office released its cost estimate for the Senate’s immigration bill, pro-amnesty Republicans excitedly promoted the CBO’s conclusion that S.744 would reduce federal budget deficits by $197 billion through 2023.

These same Republicans were less enthusiastic when the CBO released a cost estimate of the House bill to ban abortions from being performed 20 weeks or more after fertilization. The CBO found that H.R. 1797 would add to federal budget deficits. Here is their reasoning:

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