Budget Process and Rules

Senate vote on Baucus amendment (97-0 vote to exempt changes to Social Security from a statutory budget commission from fast-track vote in Congress).

President Obama will propose freezing "non-security" discretionary spending for the next three years (FY2011-13) when he unveils his new budget next...

Budgeteers have long argued that baselines matter. You have to know where you are going before you decide where you should be. We use baselines as...

As the Senate continues its consideration of the debt ceiling today, it will consider at least three important budgetary amendments - a deficit...

The House voted Wednesday to sustain President Obama's veto of a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded. Huh? Confused? Why wasn't this...

In the past two days, at least two new voices have joined a growing chorus of organizations warning that our federal debt is growing at an...

This morning on NPR’s Morning Edition one of our board members, David Walker, discussed his new book, Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and...

Over the weekend one of our favorite bloggers, EconomistMom, joined an important discussion prompted by a Stan Collender blog that called out deficit...

Last month, the International Monetary Fund released a report identifying successful measures that countries should keep in mind as they cope with...

According to a Donald Marron, reallocating TARP funds to use for other purposes (such as a jobs bill) may violate the letter of the law (and certinaly...

On December 14, the Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform hosted a public event at the National Press Club to announce the release of its report...

The Peterson-Pew Commission’s “Red Ink Rising” plan for American lawmakers has earned some black ink worldwide too since its release, not to mention...