Budget Process and Rules
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How Committees Could Meet Reconciliation Instructions for Mandatory Savings
Read more(Update 7/20/2017): The House Budget Committe has since released its FY 2018 budget resolution and reconciliation instructions. You can read an...
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Long-Term Budget Should Be Used to Strengthen Fiscal Responsibility, Not Avoid It
Read moreFor Immediate Release A number of policymakers are advocating the use of a 20-year budget window, rather than the more traditional ten-year window...
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The Byrd Rule and Its Effect on Health Reform: A Short Guide
Read moreThe Byrd Rule is a set of limitations on the reconciliation process, which can allow the Senate to pass legislation with a simple majority rather than...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Setting the Benchmark: Reforms to Budget Baseline Rules
Read moreBudget baselines are among the most important – but widely misunderstood – elements of budgeting and policymaking. The budgetary impact of a given...
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Renacci, Kilmer, and Bipartisan Working Group Propose Bill Highlighting the “Fiscal State of the Nation”
Read moreHoping to inspire a fiscal “wake-up call” in the new session of Congress, Representatives Jim Renacci (R-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and 40 other...
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Congressman Renacci Introduces “Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution”
Read moreLast month, Representative Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced the “ Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution” in order to “restore integrity to budget...
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Maya MacGuineas and Stuart Butler Publish Joint Paper Over Long-Term Budgeting
Read moreCRFB president Maya MacGuineas and Brookings Institution senior fellow Stuart Butler published a paper last week outlining a plan to create a long...
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A Long-Term Budget for Entitlements and Required Revenues
Read moreby Stuart Butler and Maya MacGuineas This paper represents a joint project of the Brookings Institution and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Chairman Enzi Introduces FY 2017 Budget Resolution Providing for ACA Repeal in Senate
Read moreSenate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) introduced a budget resolution for fiscal year (FY) 2017 today narrowly focused on repealing the...
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Event Recap: Gene Steuerle Explains How the Budget Offices Can Reframe Our Long-Term Budget Problems
Read moreAt the Savings and Retirement Foundation’s December meeting, Gene Steuerle, Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member, presented his recent paper,...
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Event Recap: Chairman Price Releases Budget Process Agenda
Read moreHouse Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) outlined his recommendations for budget process reforms last week during a keynote lecture at an...
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Reconciliation 101
Read moreNote: We have updated this paper, please see our Updated Reconciliation 101. What is reconciliation? Reconciliation is a special legislative process...