Budget Process and Rules
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Fiscal State of the Nation Introduced in the Senate and House
Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Angus King (I-ME), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Mike Braun (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV...
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Kent Conrad: Congress should reinstate the 'Conrad Rule' to prevent abuse of budget reconciliation
Kent Conrad is a former senator from North Dakota, a former Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, and a member of the Committee for a Responsible...
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CRFB Launches Suite of Budget Games
Today the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget launched Budgeting for the Future, a suite of interactive games related to the federal budget and...
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Senator Lummis Introduces Sustainable Budget Act
Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) recently introduced the Sustainable Budget Act with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Rounds (R-SD)...
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Kinzinger and Phillips Call for a Bipartisan Commission to Address the Deficit
Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) recently introduced a joint resolution to establish a National Committee on Fiscal...
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Maya MacGuineas: Make the budget committees great again
Maya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Establishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal situation. Legislation...
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Case and Womack Reintroduce Sustainable Budget Act
This week, Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Steve Womack (R-AR) reintroduced the Sustainable Budget Act. The bill would create a fiscal commission...
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Reconciliation 101
This paper has been updated here. What is reconcilation? How do reconciliation instructions work? Can a reconciliation bill add to the budget deficit...
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Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Extended
The House voted last week on a rules package that extended the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (SCMC) through the 117th...
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Tim Penny, Charlie Stenholm, Dave McCurdy, and John Tanner: Stop congressional disorder with regular order
Tim Penny is co-chair and Charlie Stenholm, Dave McCurdy, and John Tanner are members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. They recently...
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William Hoagland: The Ghosts of Budgets Past, Present & Future
G. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...