Budget Process
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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...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Mar 2017
Read moreNote: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here. Attention is turning towards raising the federal debt ceiling, which will be...
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The Need to Lift the Debt Ceiling
Read moreTonight, the current suspension of the nation’s debt ceiling will end and the ceiling will be restored to current debt levels. According to...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Setting the Benchmark: Reforms to Budget Baseline Rules
Read moreBudget baselines are among the most important – but widely misunderstood – elements of budgeting and policymaking. The budgetary impact of a given...
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Renacci, Kilmer, and Bipartisan Working Group Propose Bill Highlighting the “Fiscal State of the Nation”
Read moreHoping to inspire a fiscal “wake-up call” in the new session of Congress, Representatives Jim Renacci (R-OH), Derek Kilmer (D-WA), and 40 other...
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Congressman Renacci Introduces “Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution”
Read moreLast month, Representative Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced the “ Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution” in order to “restore integrity to budget...
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A Long-Term Budget for Entitlements and Required Revenues
Read moreby Stuart Butler and Maya MacGuineas This paper represents a joint project of the Brookings Institution and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget...
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Budget Reconciliation Shouldn't Add to Deficit
Read moreSenator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) has filed an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2017 budget resolution being considered in the Senate that would restore the...
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Event Recap: Gene Steuerle Explains How the Budget Offices Can Reframe Our Long-Term Budget Problems
Read moreAt the Savings and Retirement Foundation’s December meeting, Gene Steuerle, Urban Institute Fellow and CRFB Board Member, presented his recent paper,...