Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Budget Process

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Apr 14, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

Burchett and Case Reintroduce RAFT Act

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Jan 22, 2021 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

Reconciliation 101

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Jul 17, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

Budget Deal Should Be Paid For

For Immediate Release Congressional leaders and the White House are in talks to raise the debt ceiling and statutory budget caps before the August...
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Jun 28, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

David Walker: It is time to confront fiscal failure

David Walker is a former Comptroller General of the United States (head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office) and past board member of the...
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Jun 7, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

Appropriations 101

This paper has been updated here . What are appropriations? Appropriations are annual decisions made by Congress about how the federal government...
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May 17, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

Hearing Recap: Fixing a Broken Budget and Spending Process – Perspectives of Two Former Chairmen

The Senate Budget Committee began a series of hearings on reforming the budget process on May 15. The first hearing, “ Fixing a Broken Budget and...
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May 14, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

Kent Conrad's Testimony on the Broken Budget Process

On May 14, 2019, former Senate Budget Committee Chairman and Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget board member Kent Conrad (D-ND) testified...
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May 13, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

WATCH: Conrad and Gregg Testify Before Senate Budget Committee

Two former Senate Budget chairmen are testifying today before the Senate Budget Committee on the failures of the current budget process and the...
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Feb 21, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budgets & Projections| Budget Process

Budget Resolution Principles for Fiscal Year 2020

The congressional budget resolution should establish the nation’s priorities, the approach to financing them, and a plan to ensure the nation is on a...
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Feb 4, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

CRFB Co-Chairs Gov. Daniels, Sec. Panetta, & Rep. Penny: Congress and President Must Make the Debt a Priority

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Co-Chairs Governor Mitch Daniels, Secretary Leon Panetta, and Congressman Tim Penny issued the following...
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Jan 24, 2019 | Blog Paper Press Release | Budget Process

A (Very Small) PAYGO Sequester is Scheduled To Happen

Small automatic cuts may be coming soon because Congress added to deficits last year. An $800 million (0.1 percent cut) was supposed to go into...
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