Upcoming Congressional Fiscal Policy Deadlines
Updated 12/7/2018: A two-week continuing resolution was signed on December 7. Five of 12 appropriations bills have been signed. The other...
Budget Process and Rules
JSC Markup Amendment Tracker
November 30 Note: The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform was unable to advance its legislation out of committee...
JSC Failure is Disappointing
For Immediate Release
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) today failed to report its proposed legislation....
CRFB Statement on Joint Select Committee Markup
For Immediate Release
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) today released a ‘co-chairs mark’ and announced...
OMB and Congress Propose New Way to Budget for Federal Buildings
Both lawmakers and administration officials have recently begun advocating for a different approach to funding long-term physical federal investments...
Budgeting for the Next Generation: Options to Improve Budgeting for Children
Children have less ability to meet their needs in the short term and more potential in the long term than other age groups, but federal policy does...
Co-Chair Lowey Proposes Reforms to the JSC
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) continues to work on its recommendations, which are due at the end of...
Budgeting for the Next Generation: Does the Budget Process Prioritize Children?
Compared to other age groups, children have higher levels of poverty, less ability to provide for themselves, and greater potential to support future...
Three Measures We Hope the JSC Will Consider
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform (JSC) has an important opportunity to improve our broken budget process....
Panetta Recommends Budget Reform to JSC
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget co-chair Leon Panetta testified before the Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process...