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House Should Not Authorize Trillions of Borrowing
The House is expected to vote this week on a Senate-passed budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2022 that would allow up to $1.75 trillion of borrowing...
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Bipartisan House Group Sends Letter Calling for Process Reforms
A bipartisan group of ten members from the House of Representatives recently sent a letter to the Senate calling for the addition of budget process...
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Former Budget Committee Director Warns Against Budgetary Gimmicks
Former Democratic House Budget Committee staff director Tom Kahn recently penned an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal in which he commended Congress...
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Fiscal State of the Nation Introduced in the Senate and House
Senators Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Angus King (I-ME), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Mike Braun (R-IN), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Jacky Rosen (D-NV...
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House Members Urge the Adoption of a Budget Resolution
On Monday, a group of five Democratic members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calling for increased...
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Kinzinger and Phillips Call for a Bipartisan Commission to Address the Deficit
Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Dean Phillips (D-MN) recently introduced a joint resolution to establish a National Committee on Fiscal...
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Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act
Establishing fiscal goals, including debt targets, is one proactive way to begin to tackle our nation's unsustainable fiscal situation. Legislation...
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Case and Womack Reintroduce Sustainable Budget Act
This week, Representatives Ed Case (D-HI) and Steve Womack (R-AR) reintroduced the Sustainable Budget Act. The bill would create a fiscal commission...
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Reconciliation 101
This paper has been updated here. What is reconcilation? How do reconciliation instructions work? Can a reconciliation bill add to the budget deficit...
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Strengthen PAYGO with House Rules Reforms
When the 117 th Congress begins in January, lawmakers in the House of Representatives can advance fiscal responsibility and better budgeting practices...
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Comparing the Heroes and HEALS Acts
As lawmakers formulate the next round of fiscal relief to fight the COVID-19 public health and economic crisis, two pieces of legislation have emerged...
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House Considers ACA Expansion and Drug Pricing Bill
Today, the House will consider legislation to expand the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) and lower prescription drug prices. The Patient Protection...