scorekeeper
noun
score·keep·er
ˈskȯr-ˌkē-pər 
: one that keeps score
specifically
: an official who records the score during a game or contest
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The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Congress’ official scorekeeper, estimates OBBBA will increase the overall deficit by $3 trillion over ten years.
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Richard McGahey, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Independent fiscal scorekeepers with sophisticated budget models, from the Congressional Budget Office to the Tax Foundation to the Peter Peterson Foundation to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
Trump’s team is working furiously to keep the bill going on other fronts, too: seeking to discredit Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper while savaging Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for resisting the bill and its debt ceiling increase.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
Musk’s stream of consciousness attacks centered on the deficit projections tied to the bill, which economic scorekeepers universally agree will pile trillions onto the soaring US debt over a decade.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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Richard McGahey, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
Independent fiscal scorekeepers with sophisticated budget models, from the Congressional Budget Office to the Tax Foundation to the Peter Peterson Foundation to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2025
Trump’s team is working furiously to keep the bill going on other fronts, too: seeking to discredit Congress’s nonpartisan scorekeeper while savaging Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for resisting the bill and its debt ceiling increase.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 6 June 2025
Musk’s stream of consciousness attacks centered on the deficit projections tied to the bill, which economic scorekeepers universally agree will pile trillions onto the soaring US debt over a decade.
—Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 6 June 2025
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“Scorekeeper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scorekeeper. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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scorekeeper
noun
score·keep·er
-ˌkē-pər
: a person appointed to record the score during the progress of a game or contest
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