Budget Process
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The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Hails Responsible Economic Leadership
Read moreFor Immediate Release A bipartisan group of 60 members of Congress – led by Reps. Scott Peters (D-CA) and Jodey Arrington (R-TX) – issued a letter...
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Blue Dogs to House Budget Committee: Produce a Budget
Read moreSeveral members of the House Blue Dog Coalition sent a letter to House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth (D-KY) last week calling for the...
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Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2021
Read moreThe Congressional budget resolution should establish national priorities in a responsible manner. Congress should follow these principles to craft a...
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Event Recap: Better Budget Process Summit: Building Momentum for Meaningful Reform
Read moreOn February 25, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the second Better Budget Process Summit on "Building Momentum for Meaningful...
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Congress Increasingly Fails to Budget
Read moreThe Congressional budget process calls for an annual budget resolution to make explicit the tradeoffs between discretionary spending, direct spending...
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Watch: 2020 Better Budget Process Summit - Building Momentum for Meaningful Reform
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the “2020 Better Budget Process Summit: Building Momentum for Meaningful Reform.” The event...
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Amy Klobuchar’s Plan to “Govern with Fiscal Responsibility”
Read moreDemocratic presidential candidate Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) put forward a Plan for the Future of Work and a Changing Economy in December. The plan...
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Senator Sinema Introduces Fiscal State of the Nation Resolution
Read moreThis week, Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), along with Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), and Angus King (I-ME), introduced a bipartisan...
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Bipartisan, Bicameral Group Requests CBO to Include Debt Servicing Impact in Legislative Cost Estimates
Read moreSenator Mike Lee (R-UT) and Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Michael Cloud (R-TX), in a bipartisan and bicameral group of 68 lawmakers, this week...
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Burchett, Case, and Womack Introduce RAFT Act
Read moreOne way to begin addressing our unsustainable fiscal situation is to set fiscal goals, which could come in the form of debt targets. A new bill...
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Enzi-Whitehouse Budget Process Bill Includes Important Reforms
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee recently marked up and reported bipartisan legislation to reform the budget process. The Bipartisan Congressional Budget...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThe fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2019, and Congress has enacted none of 12 appropriations bills setting discretionary spending levels. Lawmakers have...