Budget Process and Rules
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Fannie and Freddie and the Budget
The Obama Administration held a conference yesterday discussing how to fix federal housing programs, with the goal of submitting a comprehensive...
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Appropriations Update: Senate Heading Toward Cutting More
The Senate appears headed toward cutting discretionary spending even below the level called for by Senate appropriators. Senate Majority Leader Harry...
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The Truth Can Help Set Us Free of Debt
Add another solid idea to the growing list of proposals to help improve federal budgeting and put the country on a sustainable fiscal course...
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Thune to the Rescue!
Sen. John Thune (R-SD) introduced a deficit reduction and budget reform bill yesterday, aptly titled the Deficit Reduction and Budget Reform Act of...
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Peter has (Almost) Left the Building
Appearing at his old alma mater, the Brookings Institution, Wednesday, Peter Orszag bid adieu to public sector employment in his final public...
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All Talk, No Game on Discretionary Limits
There have been a lot of numbers thrown around with regards budget resolutions, deeming resolutions, and discretionary spending limits. To keep it...
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Budget Reform Bill Introduced
Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL) today introduced important legislation to create a more transparent budget regime towards putting the country on a...
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Republicans Back Sessions-McCaskill Caps
Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee backed the discretionary spending caps proposed by Jeff Sessions and Claire McCaskill yesterday...
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‘Line’ Items: Post-Fourth Edition
After the Fireworks – The Independence Day celebrations have concluded. The fireworks have fizzled and most of us are back to work. Capitol Hill is...
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The House's Budget Enforcement Resolution
As expected, the House came out today with its " budget enforcement resolution." What's the difference between a budget enforcement resolution and a...
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Business as Usual--Backdoor Spending Included in Supplemental
Here they go again. As they have for years, lawmakers are attempting to tuck billions of dollars for unrelated programs into the war supplemental...
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Line Items: Extenders Debate Ends; Appropriations Season Begins
Extenders Put on Hold – Legislation to extend some tax breaks and expanded unemployment insurance has been put on the back burner because senators...