Budget Process
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House Budget Attempts to Set in Motion Savings and Process Reforms
Read moreThe Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 House budget resolution released yesterday contains ambitious promises of deficit reduction to balance the budget within ten...
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Rep. Tom McClintock Proposes Changes to Improve Budget Enforcement
Read moreAs House Republicans continue to discuss the Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 budget resolution, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) has recommended budget process...
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Pathway to a Responsible Federal Budget
Read moreToday, the independent Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) released a set of principles for the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution...
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2015’s Fiscal Follies and Reasons for Hope
Read moreIt’s the end of the year and like so many organizations, CRFB wanted to share with you our top 10 list: a look back at Congress’s 10 top fiscal...
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Peuquet Highlights Importance of Budget Debates
Read moreAs we face an end-of-the-year legislative crunch that promises to be fiscally irresponsible, former Research Director of the Committee for a...
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A Biennial Approach to Better Budgeting
Read moreBiennial budgeting was the subject of a recent Senate Budget Committee hearing, the second in a series on budget process. Testifying were Senator...
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Will Budget Negotiators Depend on OCO?
Read moreRecent press reports indicate that the ongoing budget negotiations between Congressional leaders and the White House may lean on the use of the...
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Time To Reform The Federal Budget Process
Read moreThe Senate Budget Committee held a hearing this week, the first in a series, on the need to reform the federal budget process. Testifying were Michael...
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Q&A: Everything You Should Know About the Debt Ceiling - Oct 2015
Read moreMarch 2017 Note: We have updated this Q&A. A new version is available here.
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Two Months, Four Fiscal Speed Bumps to Deal With
Read moreWe are coming down the home stretch of calendar year 2015, with only a little more than two months left. Lawmakers will have to get to work as they...
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Debt Limit Coming Nov. 5 - Time for Reform?
Read moreYesterday evening, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew indicated that the extraordinary measures Treasury is using to avoid breaching the debt limit will run...