Budget Process and Rules
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'Line' Items: Baseline Edition
Baseline Instinct – The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on Tuesday released its much-awaited 2012 Budget and Economic Outlook. According to CBO, if...
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'Line' Items: Super Bowl Edition
Super Not So Duper – The word “super” has lost its luster lately. The failure of the Super Committee and the need for a super majority in the Senate...
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House Budget Committee Advances Process Reform Proposals
As we mentioned in our press release earlier this week, the House Budget Committee has been working on legislation to reform the current budget...
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Maya MacGuineas Testifies on Biennial Budgeting
Today, CRFB president Maya MacGuineas testified to the House Rules subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process on HR 114, a biennial budgeting...
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'Line' Items: State of the Union Edition
Stating the Obvious – President Obama delivers the State of the Union address Tuesday evening. The SOTU is the annual rite where presidents attempt to...
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House Budget Committee Leaders Discuss Budget Reform Today
House Budget Committee Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) will discuss budget process reform today at 1 pm ET at a...
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More on the Proposed Budget Process Reforms
As we reported on The Bottom Line the other day, Republican members of the House released a set of 10 pieces of legislation they argue would improve...
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Bipartisan Push in House for Expedited Rescission Authority
Today, Reps. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), the two leading members of the House Budget Committee, introduced a bill to give the...
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Kudos to Those Who Are Resisting Efforts to Turn Off the Trigger!
We talked yesterday about the importance of keeping the trigger, or the automatic sequester of $1.2 trillion in spending cuts, in place in order to...
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Path to Debt Stabilization: A Comparison of Debt Triggers
The President’s Plan for Economic Growth and Deficit Reduction included a detailed legislative proposal intended to enforce a declining path for the...
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Congress Talks Budget Process Reform
Congress is getting serious about considering reforms to the dysfunctional budget process. Last month the House Budget Committee held two hearings on...
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Senators Sessions and Snowe Get Specific on Budget Process Reform
Budget process reform is back in vogue. Coming on the heels of yesterday’s hearings about budget process in both the House and Senate, Senators Jeff...