Budget Process and Rules
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Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks
Read moreThe breakdown in the federal budget process and erosion of budget discipline have led to the increasingly pervasive reliance on budget gimmicks. While...
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WATCH: The Better Budget Process Summit
Read moreOn February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit. This year’s summit featured an...
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MacGuineas to Senate Subcommittee: Budget Process Reform Needed
Read moreThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management held a hearing on Tuesday...
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MacGuineas Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Continuing Resolutions, Omnibuses, and Shutdowns
Read moreOn February 6, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Homeland Security and...
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Budgeting for the Next Generation: A New Series on Children and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe federal budget is arguably the most comprehensive representation of the federal government’s priorities. Policymakers use the budget to determine...
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Doesn't Comply with the Byrd Rule
Read moreWhile the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) under consideration in the House would satisfy reconciliation instructions requiring it add no more than $1.5...
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Bill Hoagland: A Disappearing Budget Process Unhelpful for Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreG. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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Senate Budget Should Pursue Fiscally Responsible Tax Reform, Not Unpaid-for Tax Cuts
Read moreFor Immediate Release Reports suggest that the Senate Budget Committee is considering a budget resolution that allows for $1.5 trillion dollars in...
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A Mini-Bargain to Improve the Budget
Read moreA new version of this paper exists that was updated to include savings for disaster relief. The national debt is currently at its highest share of the...
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$200 Billion in Mandatory Savings Should Not Be Too Difficult
Read moreOne of the debates preceding the House Budget resolution was whether the resolution should call for $200 billion of mandatory savings. This week's...
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Options for Meeting the House Budget's Reconciliation Instructions
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution includes reconciliation instructions requiring 11 House committees to report legislation that...