06/11/18
Re the JSC’s review of the budget process, no one has zeroed in on the primary problem: The Senate filibuster rule is being used to slow down the process for partisan advantage. Read More...Tags: Joint Select Committe re budget process, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Bill Hoagland, Don Wolfensberger, Emily Holubowich, Matt Owens, Maya MacGuineas, Jim Capretta, Bill Dauster, Joe White, smootihing budget process, government shutdowns, debt limit, Rep. Steve Womack , Rep. Nita Lowey, biennial budgeting, budget resolutions, budget proposals, Senate filibuster rule, reconciliation process, Social Security, Medicare, demographic trends, fiscal house of cards, discretionary spending, mandatory spending, US Comptroller General, Gene Dodaro, Major Savings and Reforms, CAGW's Prime Cuts, Mick Mulvaney, Tom Schatz, Michael Tanner
05/14/18
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform is a representative sample of participants in the congressional budget process; expect some fine-tuning of the current rules but no more. Read More...Tags: Joint Select Committe re budget process, Bipartisan Budget Act, Senate filibuster rule, Citizens Against Government Waste, Heritage Foundation, Martha Coven, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Rep. Steve Womack, Rep. Nita Lowey, Mick Mulvaney, Sen. David Perdue, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Jodey Arrington, Rep. John Yarmuth, Sen. Jodi Ernst, Sen. Michael Bennet, Rep. Bob Woodall, Rep. Derek Kilmer, Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Brian Schatz, Sen. Roy Blunt, Rep. Pete Sessions, Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Sen. Mazie Hiron
03/19/18
The use of “must-pass” bills to sneak through somewhat controversial legislation is perverting the congressional legislative process; it doesn’t have to be that way. Read More...Tags: Bipartisan Budget Act, omnibus appropriation bill, DACA , GovCare, "must-pass" legislation, policy riders, mega bills, individal mandate penalty, Republican tax bill, grain glitch, taxes on the Internet, sanctuary cities, Joint Select Committe re budget process, Rep. Steve Womack, Rep. Nita Lowey, Bipartisan Policy Center, Citizens Against Government Waste, Heritage Foundation, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Budget Director Mick Mulvaney