Budget Process
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CBO is Pretty Good at Estimating Spending
Read moreIn March 2016, CBO estimated the federal government would spend $4.06 trillion for fiscal year (FY) 2017 – a number that would increase to $4.08...
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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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Maya MacGuineas: Rescission Fight About Much More than a Few Billion Dollars
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...
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Congress Should Reinstate and Strengthen PAYGO Rules
Read moreFor Immediate Release Recently, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer called for reinstating pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules in...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here . What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...
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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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Chartbook: Playing By the (Budget) Rules
Read moreBelow is a Chartbook that corresponds to the paper " Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks"
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A Conversation with CBO Director Keith Hall
Read moreThe Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and our partners at the Campaign to Fix the Debt hosted a conference call conversation with Dr. Keith...
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Rescission Package Very Small Step in Right Direction
Read moreFor Immediate Release The White House unveiled a $15 billion package of proposed spending rescissions on Tuesday, which they estimated will reduce...