Budget Process
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A Dangerous Effort to Undermine the Work of the Congressional Budget Office
Read moreFor Immediate Release When the House of Representatives considers the so-called appropriations “minibus” for fiscal year 2018, which includes funding...
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Options for Meeting the House Budget's Reconciliation Instructions
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution includes reconciliation instructions requiring 11 House committees to report legislation that...
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Maya MacGuineas: White House Video Continues Dispiriting Pattern of CBO Attacks
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Today’s CBO Report Makes Clear Just How Far the President’s Budget Is from Balance
Read moreFor Immediate Release Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its own estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget. While...
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Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Strongly Supports the Sanford-Lee and Lee-Jones Amendments
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget strongly supports the Sanford-Lee and Lee-Jones amendments to the National...
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How Committees Could Meet Reconciliation Instructions for Mandatory Savings
Read more(Update 7/20/2017): The House Budget Committe has since released its FY 2018 budget resolution and reconciliation instructions. You can read an...
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The Budget Resolution Should Reduce, Not Increase, the National Debt
Read moreFor Immediate Release The House Budget Committee is currently working on a fiscal year 2018 Congressional budget resolution. While the budget will...
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Long-Term Budget Should Be Used to Strengthen Fiscal Responsibility, Not Avoid It
Read moreFor Immediate Release A number of policymakers are advocating the use of a 20-year budget window, rather than the more traditional ten-year window...
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CRFB Explainer: Gimmicks in the FY 17 Omnibus Bill
Read moreA negotiated deal to fund the government through the rest of Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 has passed the House of Representatives, with final passage...
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The Byrd Rule and Its Effect on Health Reform: A Short Guide
Read moreThe Byrd Rule is a set of limitations on the reconciliation process, which can allow the Senate to pass legislation with a simple majority rather than...
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Looming Debt Limit Debate Offers Opportunity for Meaningful Reform
Read moreThe debt limit was quietly reinstated on March 16. The budget deal in November 2015 suspended the debt limit through March 15, 2017, and reinstated...
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Fund the Government Before Shutdown – Without Gimmicks
Read moreThe government is currently being funded by a continuing resolution that expires on April 28, 2017. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas...