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Senator Lummis Introduces Sustainable Budget Act
Read moreSenator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) recently introduced the Sustainable Budget Act with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Mike Rounds (R-SD)... -
Kinzinger and Phillips Call for a Bipartisan Commission to Address the Deficit
Read moreRepresentatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) recently introduced a joint resolution to establish a National Committee on Fiscal... -
TRUST Act has Bipartisan, Bicameral Reintroduction
Read moreLast week, a bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers reintroduced the TRUST Act, which would establish bipartisan commissions to restore solvency... -
Maya MacGuineas: Make the budget committees great again
Read moreMaya 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... -
Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Read moreEstablishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal situation. Legislation... -
Bill Hoagland: Reconciliation, corrupted by Congress: May it R.I.P.
Read moreThe current Democratic reconciliation bill and the 2017 Republican tax reconciliation measure have paid scant attention to the country’s mounting debt... -
Case and Womack Reintroduce Sustainable Budget Act
Read moreThis week, Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Steve Womack (R-AR) reintroduced the Sustainable Budget Act. The bill would create a fiscal commission... -
Reconciliation 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What is reconcilation? How do reconciliation instructions work? Can a reconciliation bill add to the budget deficit... -
Blue Dog Coalition Argues Against Misuse of New PAYGO Exemptions
Read moreThe House of Representatives began the 117th Congress with a new rules package – H.Res.8. The package maintains the House Pay-As-You-Go (PAYGO) rule... -
Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress Extended
Read moreThe House voted last week on a rules package that extended the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress (SCMC) through the 117th... -
Tim Penny, Charlie Stenholm, Dave McCurdy, and John Tanner: Stop congressional disorder with regular order
Read moreTim Penny is co-chair and Charlie Stenholm, Dave McCurdy, and John Tanner are members of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. They recently... -
William Hoagland: The Ghosts of Budgets Past, Present & Future
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...