Eight Gimmicks to Look Out For This Budget Season
In the coming days and weeks, the Trump Administration is expected to release its full Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 budget proposal, and the House and Sen
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Drivers of Spending Growth in the Long Term
The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest Long
Letter to Budget Committee Chairmen: Focus on the Debt
We sent a letter to House Budget Co
Budget Will Be Difficult to Balance Without ACA Savings
For the past three years, Republicans have proposed budgets with a goal of achieving balance within the next decade.
Congressional Progressive Caucus Releases Alternative to House Budget
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released their “People’s Budget,” an alternative to the House budget released last week. The budget offers...
Republican Study Committee Publishes Alternative FY 2017 Budget
The Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released an alternative to the House Republican budget that outlines their vision for the country’s...
House Budget Confirms It Takes $8 Trillion to Balance the Budget
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 House budget resolution that advanced out of the House Budget Committee last week keeps up the recent tradition of...
House Budget Attempts to Set in Motion Savings and Process Reforms
The Fiscal Year (FY) 2017 House budget resolution released yesterday contains ambitious promises of deficit reduction to balance the budget within...
House Budget Would Expand War Spending Gimmick
The Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) designation has often been used to circumvent spending limits, and the budget resolution released by House...
Chairman Price Rolls out the FY 2017 House Budget
House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today released the FY 2017 House budget resolution t