Budget Process and Rules
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Budgeting for the Next Generation: How Do Kids Fare?
When it comes to fiscal policy, it is increasingly clear that children are not a high priority. Recent tax cuts and spending increases have burdened...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Budget Resolution Reforms
On May 24, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
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WATCH: Maya MacGuineas Testifies Before Budget Process Committee
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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It Would Be Unprecedented to Not Even Consider a Budget
For Immediate Release Over a month after the statutory deadline to complete a budget, neither the House nor Senate Budget Committees have even...
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Congress Has Never Failed to Propose a Budget
There has never been a year where at least one of the two congressional Budget Committees have not proposed a budget. Since the modern budget process...
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Rescissions, How Do They Work?
Recent press reports have indicated that the Trump Administration is looking to use a process known as rescission to cut spending from the recent...
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Omnibus Spends $110 Billion Above New Budget Caps
Last week's omnibus spending bill enacted a 13 percent increase in base appropriations, spending virtually all of the additional $143 billion allowed...
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William Hoagland: Congress Faces Challenging Times for American Fiscal Responsibility
G. William Hoagland is Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center and a member of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He...
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Rudolph Penner: Instead Of Seeking Budget Process Reforms, Congress Should Cut Spending And Raise Taxes
Dr. Rudolph Penner was the director of the Congressional Budget Office from 1983 to 1987, and he is an Institute Fellow at the Urban Institute and a...
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Budget Process Reform Options
With the appointment of the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform, focus is rightfully on how to fix our broken budget...
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Maya MacGuineas: Federal Budget Increasingly Tilted Against Investment in Children
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...
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Event Recap: Better Budget Process Summit
On February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit on “Rebuilding Confidence in...