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A Tale of Two Budgets
Read moreFor Immediate Release This week, the House is voting on a Fiscal Year 2018 budget while at the same time the Senate is debating its own version – and...
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Problem Solvers Caucus Finds Bipartisan Compromise on Health Care
Read moreThe bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus last week released a plan to stabilize the individual insurance market and make other changes to health care...
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The FY 2018 House Budget and Budget Gimmicks
Read moreThe House Budget Committee recently passed a Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget resolution that proposes a path to a balanced budget after ten years...
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$200 Billion in Mandatory Savings Should Not Be Too Difficult
Read moreOne of the debates preceding the House Budget resolution was whether the resolution should call for $200 billion of mandatory savings. This week's...
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Options for Meeting the House Budget's Reconciliation Instructions
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution includes reconciliation instructions requiring 11 House committees to report legislation that...
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House Budget Committee Releases FY 2018 Budget
Read moreHouse Budget Committee Chairman Diane Black (R-TN) today released the Chairman’s mark of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 House budget resolution. The budget...
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The Byrd Rule and Its Effect on Health Reform: A Short Guide
Read moreThe Byrd Rule is a set of limitations on the reconciliation process, which can allow the Senate to pass legislation with a simple majority rather than...
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What CBO Says About the House Obamacare Replacement
Read moreUpdate (3/21/2017): These numbers are relevant for the original version of the American Health Care Act. An amended version was released on March 20...
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How Much Does the House GOP Tax Plan Cost?
Read moreThe tax reform conversation so far has mostly focused on House Republicans' "Better Way" Blueprint released last summer (we explain the plan in detail...
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Congressman Renacci Introduces “Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution”
Read moreLast month, Representative Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced the “ Budget Enforcement Awareness Resolution” in order to “restore integrity to budget...
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Johnson Introduces Social Security Solvency Legislation
Read moreChairman Sam Johnson (R-TX) of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security introduced a bill yesterday to make Social Security sustainably...
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Reconciliation 101
Read moreNote: We have updated this paper, please see our Updated Reconciliation 101. What is reconciliation? Reconciliation is a special legislative process...