Aug 23, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
House Should Not Authorize Trillions of Borrowing
The House is expected to vote this week on a Senate-passed budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2022 that would allow up...
Press Releases
Aug 10, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
The Senate Should Restore the Conrad Rule
The Senate is currently considering a budget resolution that includes reconciliation instructions to facilitate the enactment of numerous...
Aug 10, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
More Pay-Fors Needed for Bipartisan Infrastructure Act
The Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation to increase federal infrastructure investments. The...
Aug 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Reconciliation Instructions Must Not Add to the Debt
Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders released a budget resolution to allow for up to $1.75 trillion of new borrowing through...
Aug 2, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Congress Should Responsibly Lift the Debt Limit
The suspension of the debt ceiling expired on July 31, at which point the ceiling was automatically raised to the current level of debt –...
Jul 28, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Bipartisan Infrastructure Act a Good Start, But Needs More Pay-Fors
Today, negotiators announced a final legislative package on their $550 billion Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and presented details of that...
Jul 27, 2021
Statement on the Passing of Senator Mike Enzi
Former Senator Mike Enzi from Wyoming passed away yesterday, July 26, 2021. He represented Wyoming in the United States Senate from 1997 to...
Jul 14, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Fully Paid for Must Mean Fully Paid For
For Immediate Release
Senate Budget Committee Democrats have apparently reached an agreement to pursue $3.5 trillion...
Jul 12, 2021 | Budget Process
Policymakers Must Avoid A Budget Busting Summer
For Immediate Release
Congress returns from the July 4 recess in the midst of negotiating three major spending...
Jul 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
CBO Reports $173 Billion Deficit for June
For Immediate Release
The United States borrowed over $2.2 trillion in the first nine months of fiscal year 2021,...