Budget Process and Rules
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WATCH: Leon Panetta Testifies Before Budget Process Committee
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Leon Panetta testifies before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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Budget Process Changes in the FY 2019 House Budget
Read moreThe Fiscal Year 2019 House budget resolution contains a number of interesting budget process proposals. The budget passed out of committee last month...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Recommendations for the JSC
Read moreThe Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has the opportunity to make important improvements to the budget process...
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Budgeting for the Next Generation: How Do Kids Fare?
Read moreWhen it comes to fiscal policy, it is increasingly clear that children are not a high priority. Recent tax cuts and spending increases have burdened...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Budget Resolution Reforms
Read moreOn May 24, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
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WATCH: Maya MacGuineas Testifies Before Budget Process Committee
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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It Would Be Unprecedented to Not Even Consider a Budget
Read moreFor Immediate Release Over a month after the statutory deadline to complete a budget, neither the House nor Senate Budget Committees have even...
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Congress Has Never Failed to Propose a Budget
Read moreThere has never been a year where at least one of the two congressional Budget Committees have not proposed a budget. Since the modern budget process...
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Rescissions, How Do They Work?
Read moreRecent press reports have indicated that the Trump Administration is looking to use a process known as rescission to cut spending from the recent...
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Omnibus Spends $110 Billion Above New Budget Caps
Read moreLast week's omnibus spending bill enacted a 13 percent increase in base appropriations, spending virtually all of the additional $143 billion allowed...
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William Hoagland: Congress Faces Challenging Times for American Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreG. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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Rudolph Penner: Instead Of Seeking Budget Process Reforms, Congress Should Cut Spending And Raise Taxes
Read moreDr. Rudolph Penner was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1983 to 1987, and he is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a...