Budget Process and Rules
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“Long-Term SCORE Act” Introduced Today
Congressman Reid Ribble (R-WI) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the...
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Brookings' Pathway to Reforming the Budget
In a new and informative series on Reforming the Budget, the Brookings Institution looked at challenges facing the budget process and proposed...
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Brookings to Start New Series on the Budget Process
Note: This blog has been updated to talk about the first blog post in the series. For those in the budget world, today is not just the day after the...
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UI Offsets a Good Start, But Fall Short
Today, the Congressional Budget Office released their score of the proposal from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to renew extended unemployment...
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Policymakers Must Not Double-Count Retirement Savings
As budget conference committee chairs Patty Murray and Paul Ryan appear to be moving closer to a partial sequester-replacement deal, reports suggest...
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Kent Conrad and Judd Gregg: With Order Restored, Let’s Act
The budget conference committee is holding its second hearing this morning as the conferees continue to try and work out a compromise between the...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Conference Committee
As part of the bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and avoid default, a budget conference was established. The purpose of this conference...
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Another Super Committee?
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...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling
While it is incredibly disappointing that elected officials in Washington failed to avoid a government shutdown, attention is quickly turning towards...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About Government Shutdowns
Congress faces a number of looming fiscal crises this fall, and the first obstacle is just around the corner -- if lawmakers fail to pass legislation...
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Peters Introduces Constructive Budget Process Reforms
With the debt limit approaching and another showdown looming, the focus of some policymakers may naturally turn to how to avoid a similar potentially...
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Hubbard and Kane Highlight Budget Process Reform
This weekend in The New York Times, former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors Glenn Hubbard and the Hudson Institute's Tim Kane challenged...