Budget Process
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We Need Functional, Not Budget-Busting, Bipartisanship
Read moreThe House and Senate appear to be moving through the appropriations process better and faster than any time in at least the last nine years. Congress...
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Taking a Look at CBO's New Transparency Efforts
Read moreThe Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has worked hard to improve transparency and accessibility of its data and analysis. Over the past two years, CBO...
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Three Measures We Hope the JSC Will Consider
Read moreThe Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has an important opportunity to improve our broken budget process. Recent...
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Panetta Recommends Budget Reform to JSC
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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Leon Panetta's Testimony on Budget and Appropriations Process Reforms
Read moreOn July 12, 2018, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and...
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WATCH: Leon Panetta Testifies Before Budget Process Committee
Read moreCommittee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Leon Panetta testifies before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...
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Budget Process Changes in the FY 2019 House Budget
Read moreThe Fiscal Year 2019 House budget resolution contains a number of interesting budget process proposals. The budget passed out of committee last month...
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CBO is Pretty Good at Estimating Spending
Read moreIn March 2016, CBO estimated the federal government would spend $4.06 trillion for fiscal year (FY) 2017 – a number that would increase to $4.08...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Recommendations for the JSC
Read moreThe Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has the opportunity to make important improvements to the budget process...
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Maya MacGuineas: Rescission Fight About Much More than a Few Billion Dollars
Read moreMaya MacGuineas is president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently wrote an opinion...
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Congress Should Reinstate and Strengthen PAYGO Rules
Read moreFor Immediate Release Recently, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer called for reinstating pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) rules in...
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Appropriations 101
Read moreThis paper has been updated here. What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...