WATCH: The Better Budget Process Summit

On February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit. This year’s summit featured an innovative set of proposals for budget process reform resulting from a yearlong dialogue organized by Convergence Center for Policy Resolution. Devised by seasoned representatives from some of Washington’s most established interest groups along with budget policy experts, these recommendations offer a strategic, longer-term framework for passing a budget on a more predictable schedule.

The summit also featured remarks by the leading budget reform experts, political scientists, and Members of Congress who discussed different reform ideas gaining traction and how best to move them forward.

Watch the event below or on C-SPAN 3:

Learn more about the budget process and our efforts to improve it:

• The Better Budget Process Initiative
• Budget Process Issue Page
• Event Agenda
• Playing by the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Prevent Budget Gimmicks
• Convergence Center for Policy Resolution Summary of the Proposals
• Convergence Building a Better Budget Process Final Report
• Statement from Convergence President Robert Fersh
• Better Budget Process Initiative's Budget Process Reform Options
• A Long-Term Budget for Entitlements and Required Revenues
• Portfolio Budgeting: How a New Approach to the Budget Could Yield Better Decisions
• Lessons from Successful Budget Reforms
• Budget Summit to Spur Action on Reform