Budget Process
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Panetta Recommends Budget Reform to JSC
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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Leon Panetta's Testimony on Budget and Appropriations Process Reforms
Read moreOn July 12, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
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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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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 moreNote: This 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...