Budget Process
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Senator Dan Coats Introduces Bill To Establish Fiscal Commission
Read moreSenator Dan Coats (R-IN) introduced the ‘‘Mandatory Bureaucratic Realignment and Consolidation Commission Act of 2016’’ (or the ‘‘Mandatory BRACC Act’...
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Senator David Perdue Advocates For New Budget Process Reforms
Read moreAs Congress rushed to pass a temporary continuing resolution to keep the government operating when the fiscal year begins on Saturday, a group of...
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Event Recap: Budget Process Reform - Senate Perspectives
Read moreOn September 19, our Better Budget Process Initiative hosted Budget Process Reform - Senate Perspectives on Capitol Hill. The event featured a keynote...
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Gene Steuerle & Rudolph Penner: Restoring More Discretion to the Federal Budget
Read moreDr. C. Eugene (Gene) Steuerle is the Richard B. Fisher chair and Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and Dr. Rudolph G. Penner is an Institute...
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Judd Gregg: Fixing the Budget
Read moreThe primary reason that the Congressional budget process is not functioning is that it requires difficult decisions. This is not something Congress is...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Senate Budget Procedures - Prospects for Reform
Read moreBefore the Senate adjourned in July for summer recess, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released an outline recommending changes to...
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Chairman Enzi Proposes Budget Process Reforms
Read moreSenate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) outlined his recommendations for budget process reform yesterday based on bipartisan discussions in...
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Shedding Light on the Fiscal State of the Nation
Read moreRepresentative Jim Renacci (R-OH) along with Representative John Carney (D-DE) and 22 other original cosponsors introduced a bipartisan Fiscal State...
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Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduce Fiscal Commission Bill
Read moreSenators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Mark Kirk (R-IL), and David Perdue (R-GA) recently introduced legislation that would create a bipartisan National...
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The Need for Fiscal Goals
Read moreThe House Budget Committee held a hearing on Wednesday (June 15, 2016) on budget process reform and the need for fiscal goals. CRFB president Maya...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Setting a Fiscal Goal
Read moreOn June 15, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the House Budget Committee on "Setting a Fiscal Goal...
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A Nation Without a Budget: Statement by Maya MacGuineas
Read moreOnce again, we are a nation without a budget. Congress has blown past its own deadline for passing a budget and is now working on appropriations bills...