Budget Process and Rules
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Bipartisan Senate Support for Enhanced Presidential Rescission Authority
Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Thomas Carper (D-DE) have joined efforts in yet another bipartisan pairing, this time to enable enhanced rescission...
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‘Line’ Items: Play On Edition
Budget Season Ramping Up – Football season may have ended last night, but budget season is just heating up. Lawmakers have introduced a plethora of...
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Balanced Budget Amendment Debate Gets Serious
The debate over a Constitutional balanced-budget amendment has been going on in Washington for quite some time. However, the current fiscal...
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It's Baaaaaaaaaaack: Simpson-Bowles Is Reappearing
It's an interesting time in the fiscal policy world right now. A lot of uncertainty is up in the air about what will happen with our deficits and debt...
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Senators McCaskill and Corker Introduce Spending Cap Bill
Another bipartisan group of Senators is introducing legislation to promote fiscal reform. Recently we saw Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Johnny...
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Sens. Isakson and Shaheen Renew Call for Biennial Budgeting
Late last week, Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced legislation to revamp our budgeting process from an annual to a...
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‘Line’ Items: Super Bowl Edition
Game On – The Super Bowl in Texas won’t be until Sunday, but Washington had its own big game last week as President Obama gave his State of the Union...
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‘Line’ Items: Dreams and Schemes Edition
Can Dreams of Cooperation be Fulfilled? – Yesterday the nation celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His vision of unity and...
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House Set to Pass New Rules
Last night, the House Republican conference approved a new set of rules -- making some big changes to several budgetary rules currently in place. The...
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House Republicans Propose New Budget Rules
Incoming House Republicans set to take control of the House of Representatives next month have proposed new rules for the 112th Congress. The House...
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‘Line’ Items: Happy Holidays Edition
Deck the Halls with Bills of Folly – On Friday President Obama signed the $858 billion tax cut package that Congress passed earlier in the week...
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Omnibus or CR: Sausage Making at its Wurst
An old cliche says that there are two things you should not watch being made--sausage and legislation. But right now, people should be watching the...