Budget Process and Rules

With the House and Senate preparing to go to conference to work out the differences between their budget resolutions, we published a paper Tuesday...

The House and Senate will soon appoint a formal conference committee to iron out differences between their two budgets, even though press reports...

We have described at length the fiscal irresponsibility of the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) reform bill (H.R. 2) working its way through Congress --...

The Senate budget by Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) contains an important provision to limit a gimmick often used to increase spending using phony savings...

Now that the Senate and House have passed their respective budget resolutions, a budget conference committee is right around the corner. One aspect of...

Although the numbers in the budget resolution draw a lot of attention, one of the most impactful parts of the resolution deals with budget process...

The federal government will reach its second Fiscal Speed Bump today, as the debt ceiling will be reinstated after having been suspended since last...