Budget Process
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CRFB Reacts to Ongoing Reconciliation Deliberations
Read moreThirty-two Members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House leadership today laying out their conditions for supporting a reconciliation... -
Ways & Means Has Plenty of Deficit Reduction Options
Read moreThe Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction over nearly $50 trillion of spending and tax breaks that can be tapped for reconciliation, including... -
Budget 101
Read moreKey Resources to Get You Started or Refresh Your Understanding of Fiscal Topics The Budget 101 resources page offers a collection of materials... -
Experts Push Back on Current Policy Switch
Read moreAs Congress continues to discuss a compromise budget resolution between the House and Senate, setting the stage for reconciliation, the choice of... -
Either Reconciliation Approach Would Raise Debt Ceiling With More Borrowing
Read moreThe reconciliation instructions in the Senate-adopted concurrent budget resolution for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 would allow for a $4 to $5 trillion debt... -
The Senate Abandons All Semblance of Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreThe Senate is expected to vote tomorrow morning on its Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 concurrent budget resolution following the “vote-a-rama” series of... -
Debt Ceiling Needs to be Raised in Advance of X Date
Read moreRecent reports from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Bipartisan Policy Center estimate that the debt ceiling, which was reinstated on... -
Senators Push Back Against Current Policy Gimmick
Read moreUpdate: JCT issued a response to the letter confirming the default approach to scoring tax legislation is using a current law baseline as established... -
CR Rightly Avoids Shutdown But Reflects Broken Budget Process
Read moreThe House of Representatives will soon vote on a full-year continuing resolution (CR) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025. The bill would keep the government... -
Government Shutdowns Q&A: Everything You Should Know
Read moreDiscretionary funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 will expire on March 14, and Congress has so far enacted zero of the 12 full-year appropriations bills... -
Chartbook: Reconciliation 101
Read moreOn February 25, Marc Goldwein, senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, gave a presentation... -
“Current Policy Baseline” Gimmick Could Explode the Debt
Read moreAs the House and Senate work to land on a concurrent budget resolution, Congress may consider trying to measure their reconciliation bills relative to...