Budget Process

In recent weeks, we've used our blog to call for strict adherence to pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) principles for extending emergency unemployment benefits...

As budget conference committee chairs Patty Murray and Paul Ryan appear to be moving closer to a partial sequester-replacement deal, reports suggest...

Given the nature of debt ceiling politics lately, estimating when the federal government will start defaulting on obligations has become a common...

The budget conference committee is holding its second hearing this morning as the conferees continue to try and work out a compromise between the...

As part of the bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and avoid default, a budget conference was established. The purpose of this conference...

With President Obama's signature on Thursday morning, the nation went from the brink of default to having a least a little elbow room on the debt...

After a few weeks of government shutdown and a nerve-wracking lead-up to hitting the debt ceiling, the Senate leadership announced today it had come...

As the government shutdown continues into its 11th day, the two parties have just begun having serious negotiations about reopening the government and...

In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) presents a possible down payment on the debt as a way out of...

Update: The Obama Administration has issued a veto threat for the bill, instead preferring that Congress pass a clean CR and debt ceiling increase. As...