Budget Process

Yesterday, President Obama gave his first official State of the Union address, outlining his agenda for the rest of the year. We watched the speech...

Earlier today, Republican Congressman Paul Ryan released his update Roadmap for America's Future (and a nifty Website to go with it). Under this...

Today, the Blue Dog coalition released its blueprint for fiscal reform. The group, comprised of moderate and conservative Democrats, has long been...

The federal deficit in FY10 is expected to be $1.35 billion--a slight drop from the $1.41 trillion in FY09--but still the second largest in our nation...

Senate vote on Baucus amendment (97-0 vote to exempt changes to Social Security from a statutory budget commission from fast-track vote in Congress).

President Obama will propose freezing "non-security" discretionary spending for the next three years (FY2011-13) when he unveils his new budget next...

Budgeteers have long argued that baselines matter. You have to know where you are going before you decide where you should be. We use baselines as...

The Senate will vote this week on key fiscal measures as it attempts to increase the nation’s debt ceiling. The debt limit is expected to be reached...

As the Senate continues its consideration of the debt ceiling today, it will consider at least three important budgetary amendments - a deficit...

Senior congressional Democrats late Tuesday met with the White House to attempt to hammer out a deal that would create a fiscal commission and a...