Papers
View our recurring reports, which summarize and analyze the most important regular federal budget releases and reports.
Health Reform's Savings Myth
Washington Post | May 31, 2009 "Health-care reform is entitlement reform" has become a mantra of the Obama administration. The idea is that Congress...
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$4 Trillion in Exaggerated Savings
Washington Post | May 20, 2009 On two separate issues -- health-care and the budget -- the president has promised savings of $2 trillion. A total of...
Analysis of the President's FY2010 Budget
Recently, the White House released its comprehensive FY2010 budget request, including detailed proposals for each agency, along with “Analytical...
Staff Working Paper #6: Resource Allocation
Are the rules of thumb and categories we have explicitly and implicitly established in our budget process for resource allocation appropriate and...
Staff Working Paper #5: Content of the Budget Resolution
This paper reviews the classes of information included in the budget resolution. It then examines potential changes to the contents in an attempt to...
Staff Working Paper #4: Joint vs. Concurrent Budget Resolution
This paper lays out a model for converting the concurrent budget resolution into a joint resolution. It includes a description of the model and a...
Op-Ed: Fiscal Disorder - The Broken Budget Process and the Dire Need for Reform
Ripon Forum | April 21, 2009 This past February, four months after the beginning of the fiscal year, Congress passed the last bill needed to fund the...