FY 2018 Budget

The budget deal currently being considered by Congress would increase discretionary spending caps over the next two years by $165 billion for defense...

The Congressional Budget Office has released a series of estimates for the budget deal announced yesterday. The deal would add $320 billion to...

Note (2/9/2018): We have published an update to this blog reflecting passage of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. It is posted here . Lawmakers...

Lawmakers came to a bipartisan agreement to end the federal government shutdown yesterday, but it came with a very high price. The continuing...

House Republicans released a draft continuing resolution (CR) last night to extend current levels of discretionary spending through February 16, which...

During the busy end to the year, lawmakers enacted a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through January 19. When that CR ends...

The year 2017 was a busy time for budget policy as lawmakers considered major legislation dealing with health care and taxes following the...

Lawmakers are reportedly considering a year-end deal to repeal the sequester and increase discretionary spending potentially as much as $230 billion...

This blog has been updated to reflect new publications as of 10/27/17. Consideration of the congressional budget resolution has drawn to a close on...

The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week to adopt the Senate’s budget resolution, rather than support their own budget resolution...

The Senate Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget resolution passed last night on a 51-49 vote. The budget included a "technical" amendment by Senate Budget...