Examining the Case for Biennial Budgeting
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The budget process is obviously broken. Or is it?
Image Source: CFRB By Joshua C. Huder Congress passed a $300 billion spending deal, so clearly the budget process is broken … or is it? The Senate leaders who negotiated… Read More
The delicate budget balancing act
James Wallner, senior fellow with R Street’s Governance Project and Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group teams, joins David Haun, Director of Public Sector Practice at Grant Thornton and… Read More
The art of the very difficult “budget” deal
Source: PBS By Joshua C. Huder Three months into the 2018 fiscal year, Congress and the President have yet to finalize a budget deal. Delayed funding of government is not… Read More
The 21st Century Cures Act: Another form of appropriation and another congressional win-win
Spending decisions long have been tricky. Joseph Keppler, “The opening of the congressional session,” Puck , 1887. Source: Senate.gov By Tony McCann Congress is increasingly caught between two powerful desires. Read More
Video of meeting on appropriations and regular order
At the October 2017 meeting of the Legislative Branch Capacity Working Group, Casey Burgat, Lee Drutman, Peter Hanson, and James Wallner examined and interpreted calls for “regular order” in the appropriations… Read More
ICYMI: Congress’s vanishing budget: It’s not all polarization’s fault
Casey Burgat and Joshua Huder write at the Brookings FixGov Blog: “Congress is failing to do its job in large respects, particularly when it comes to government spending. But… Read More
The 1986 Tax Reform Effort Shows that Republicans Have a Tough Road Ahead
Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26 By Rob Oldham If there is one thing that unites Republicans as different as Donald Trump, Paul Ryan (WI), and Susan Collins (ME), it is a general… Read More
Kevin Drum: Bring Back Earmarks
Kevin Drum is yet another member of the coalition to bring back earmarks. He writes in the September/October copy of Mother Jones: “Earlier this year, California Gov. Jerry Brown… Read More
A Closer Look at a Trump-Schumer Deal to Eliminate the Debt Ceiling
Source: Bloomberg.com, https://www.bloomberg.com/quicktake/the-debt-ceiling By Rob Oldham President Trump made waves in Washington when he agreed to a deal with congressional Democrats that provides relief from the damage caused by Hurricane… Read More