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Event Recap: Budget Process Reform - Senate Perspectives
On September 19, our Better Budget Process Initiative hosted Budget Process Reform - Senate Perspectives on Capitol Hill. The event featured a keynote...
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Three CRFB and Fix the Debt Board Members Testify Before Congress
On September 8, three CRFB and Fix the Debt board members – Mitch Daniels, Judd Gregg, and Alice Rivlin – testified before the Joint Economic...
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The Better Budget Process Initiative: Senate Budget Procedures - Prospects for Reform
Before the Senate adjourned in July for summer recess, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released an outline recommending changes to...
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Chairman Enzi Proposes Budget Process Reforms
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) outlined his recommendations for budget process reform yesterday based on bipartisan discussions in...
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Senators Cotton and Lee Propose Ideas to Strengthen SSDI
Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced legislation recently to help improve the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program...
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House and Senate Move Forward on Appropriations
This year's deadline has already passed without a budget resolution coming from either chamber, but the appropriations season is still moving forward...
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Sen. Lankford's SSDI Amendment Continues Progress on Improving the Program
During last week's debate on the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) offered up an amendment making many further changes to the...
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Senate Funding Bill Would Rely on OCO Gimmick
The Senate Appropriations Committee earlier this week posted a draft bill that would extend government funding until December 11 and avert a...
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Taking a Closer Look at the Senate's Highway Bill
We commended the Senate last week for seeking a long-term solution to the highway funding shortfall and for funding its proposal with real offsets...
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Senate Transportation Bill Finds Offsets for Three Years of Funding
The Senate is discussing a bill that would reauthorize highway programs for six years and provide $47.6 billion of funding to cover the Highway Trust...
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Finance Committee Approves Extenders, Adds to Debt
The Senate Finance Committee today approved a package of 50-plus tax breaks that expired last year known as "tax extenders." Unfortunately, they chose...
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Finance Committee Provides Its Framework for International Tax Reform
The Senate Finance Committee has been working all year in five bipartisan working groups on tax reform, and today they have reports to show for it. Of...