Budget Process and Rules
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William Hoagland: Congress Faces Challenging Times for American Fiscal Responsibility
Read moreG. 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
Read moreDr. 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
Read moreWith 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
Read moreMaya 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
Read moreOn February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit on “Rebuilding Confidence in...
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Budget Summit to Spur Action on Reform
Read moreFor Immediate Release The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget convened the first annual “ Better Budget Process Summit” Monday in Washington...
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Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks
Read moreThe breakdown in the federal budget process and erosion of budget discipline have led to the increasingly pervasive reliance on budget gimmicks. While...
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WATCH: The Better Budget Process Summit
Read moreOn February 26, the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget hosted the first annual Better Budget Process Summit. This year’s summit featured an...
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MacGuineas to Senate Subcommittee: Budget Process Reform Needed
Read moreThe Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management held a hearing on Tuesday...
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MacGuineas Testifies Before Senate Subcommittee
Read moreMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs...
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Maya MacGuineas's Testimony on Continuing Resolutions, Omnibuses, and Shutdowns
Read moreOn February 6, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget president Maya MacGuineas testified before the Senate Homeland Security and...
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Budgeting for the Next Generation: A New Series on Children and the Federal Budget
Read moreThe federal budget is arguably the most comprehensive representation of the federal government’s priorities. Policymakers use the budget to determine...