Budget Process
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Hearing Recap: Fixing a Broken Budget and Spending Process – Perspectives of Two Former Chairmen
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee began a series of hearings on reforming the budget process on May 15. The first hearing, “ Fixing a Broken Budget and...
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Kent Conrad's Testimony on the Broken Budget Process
Read moreOn May 14, 2019, former Senate Budget Committee Chairman and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board member Kent Conrad (D-ND) testified...
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WATCH: Conrad and Gregg Testify Before Senate Budget Committee
Read moreTwo former Senate Budget chairmen are testifying today before the Senate Budget Committee on the failures of the current budget process and the...
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Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2020
Read moreThe congressional budget resolution should establish the nation’s priorities, the approach to financing them, and a plan to ensure the nation is on a...
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CRFB Co-Chairs Gov. Daniels, Sec. Panetta, & Rep. Penny: Congress and President Must Make the Debt a Priority
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny issued the following...
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A (Very Small) PAYGO Sequester is Scheduled To Happen
Read moreSmall automatic cuts may be coming soon because Congress added to deficits last year. An $800 million (0.1 percent cut) was supposed to go into effect...
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Shutdown Is Bad; So Is More Borrowing
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Senate is voting on two different plans to re-open the government this afternoon. One version would increase deficits by...
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Ernst, Lankford, and Perdue Introduce The "No Budget, No Recess" Act
Read moreSenator Joni Ernst (R-IA), along with Senators Lankford (R-OK) and Perdue (R-GA), today introduced the "No Budget, No Recess" Act." The legislation...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. The fiscal year began on Oct. 1, 2018, and Congress has passed just five out of 12 appropriations bills setting...
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Budget Changes in Proposed House Rules
Read moreHouse Democrats are proposing a package of rules to govern the House of Representatives in the 116th Congress. The package contains many changes from...
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JSC Markup Amendment Tracker
Read moreNovember 30 Note: The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform was unable to advance its legislation out of committee on a...
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JSC Failure is Disappointing
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) today failed to report its proposed legislation...