Budget Process
Latest
-
Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Read moreUpdated 10/13/22: The Biden Administration announced an additional three-month extension of the public health emergency declaration for COVID-19 on...
-
Congress Avoids a Shutdown, But End-of-Year Package Could Be Costly
Read moreLawmakers passed a continuing resolution (CR) today to sustain current funding levels and avoid a government shutdown in the final hours of the fiscal...
-
Upcoming CR Shows Broken Budget and Debt Addiction
Read moreLawmakers are considering a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government from shutting down when funding lapses on Friday, September 30th at the...
-
Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThe new fiscal year (FY) will begin on October 1, 2022, and Congress has so far enacted none of the 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary...
-
Budget Experts Urge Congress to Enact Deficit Reduction
Read moreToday, 55 of the nation’s top budget experts issued a letter calling for Congress to enact deficit reduction in the coming months and years in order...
-
Lawmakers Now Three Months Past Budget Due Date
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Act states that Congress must pass its concurrent budget resolution on April 15th of each year, but no action has been taken...
-
FixUS Poll: As July 4th Approaches, Patriotic Values Still Popular
Read moreIn light of the pervasive political conflicts dominating national conversations, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s FixUS initiative, an...
-
Appropriations 101
Read moreWhat are appropriations? How does Congress determine the total level of appropriations? How does Congress allocate appropriations? How are...
-
Congress Needs to Stop Deeming and Start Budgeting
Read moreToday, the House of Representatives passed a $1.6 trillion “deeming resolution” to set the topline level for appropriations for Fiscal Year 2023. The...
-
Congress Misses Budget Deadline Again
Read moreThe statutory deadline for Congress to pass a concurrent budget resolution is April 15. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president...
-
Omnibus Bill Highlights Need for Spending Caps
Read morePolicymakers are currently considering an omnibus appropriations bill to fund the federal government through the remainder of the fiscal year. The...
-
Coalition Calls Attention to Lack of Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreThis week’s State of the Union address comes at a time when debt as a share of the economy is on track to surpass record levels within a decade. Today...