Budget Process
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Senate Budget Takes Issue with CHIMPs
Read moreThe Senate budget by Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) contains an important provision to limit a gimmick often used to increase spending using phony savings...
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Budget Rules! Process in the House and Senate Budgets
Read moreNow that the Senate and House have passed their respective budget resolutions, a budget conference committee is right around the corner. One aspect of...
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Reconcilia-what?
Read moreAlthough the numbers in the budget resolution draw a lot of attention, one of the most impactful parts of the resolution deals with budget process...
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The Debt Ceiling Returns...and 10 Ways to Reform It
Read moreThe federal government will reach its second Fiscal Speed Bump today, as the debt ceiling will be reinstated after having been suspended since last...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving the Debt Limit
Read moreFor additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page.
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Update: Impending Fiscal Speed Bumps
Read moreCongress approached and addressed the first impending " Fiscal Speed Bump" this week, cleanly funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with...
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CBO and BPC Predict Debt Ceiling Deadline Not Until the Fall
Read moreOctober or November -- that's the deadline by which the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) predicts lawmakers must increase the debt...
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Rudolph Penner: Dynamic Scoring Won't Be Perfect But it is Worth Doing
Read moreRudolph Penner was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1983 to 1987, and he is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a...
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PAYGO Kudos to the President's Budget
Read moreThe President's budget follows the important budget principle of PAYGO, responsibly identifying tax and spending offsets sufficient to pay for new...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Improving Focus on the Long Term
Read moreFor additional budget process resources including specific options for reform, visit our Better Budget Process Initiative home page. The budget...
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We Need To Improve Focus on the Long Term
Read moreToday CRFB released a new paper as part of our Better Budget Process Initiative titled " Improving Focus on the Long Term." The budget process focuses...