Budget Process and Rules

One of the wonkier fiscal debates that arises from time to time concerns the accounting method used to measure the size of the budget deficit. This...

The International Monetary Fund recently published a study on budget institutions in G-20 countries. The study takes stock of these countries'...

Credit programs involving loans and loan guarantees are accounted for differently than most other programs in the federal budget. Whereas other...

Congressman Jim Renacci (R-OH) introduced the The Federal Financial Statement Transparency Act of 2014 today. This legislation would make major...

Appropriations season is in full swing. The House has already passed the Legislative Branch and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs bills, while...

Congressman Reid Ribble (R-WI) and Congressman Mark Pocan (D-WI) introduced the Long-Term Studies of Comprehensive Outcomes and Returns for the...

In a new and informative series on Reforming the Budget, the Brookings Institution looked at challenges facing the budget process and proposed...

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...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office released their score of the proposal from Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to renew extended unemployment...

As budget conference committee chairs Patty Murray and Paul Ryan appear to be moving closer to a partial sequester-replacement deal, reports suggest...

The budget conference committee is holding its second hearing this morning as the conferees continue to try and work out a compromise between the...

As part of the bipartisan deal to end the government shutdown and avoid default, a budget conference was established. The purpose of this conference...