Gotta love it: House Appropriations Committee spokesman John Scofield said lawmakers agree that performance-based budgeting is a good idea. However, he said Congress won’t likely give PART scores much weight as they make budget decisions. “We always said PART can be one of the tools, but we rely on justification from agencies and won’t use PART to supplant that,” he said. “It’s nice to get a cute little number . . . but PART tends to be an excuse to cut Congress’ priorities.”