Sen. Toomey Offers A Budget Resolution
One day after Senate Budget Committee chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) released a budget resolution based on the Fiscal Commission plan, another Budget...
FY 2013 Budget Resolution Series
Sen. Conrad Proposes Fiscal Commission Budget
At a press conference today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad (D-ND) put forward a budget resolution that his Committee will be marking...
What They're Hiding: Gimmicks in the FY 2013 Budget Resolutions
With a number of budget resolutions coming out, honest budgeting might be too much to ask for. As we took a look at the Republican (Ryan) and...
Graphs, Graphs, Graphs: Comparing the FY 2013 Budgets
Just in case the whirlwind of plans out last week gave you a headache, the Bipartisan Policy Center has a number of comparisons for all the...
Thanks for Your Fiscal Bravery
Yesterday, 38 members of the House cast votes for the bipartisan budget resolution that is modeled after Simpson-Bowles. 22 Democrats and 16...
Setting the Record Straight on Cooper-LaTourette
There have been a lot of claims circulating around about the "Simpson Bowles Alternative Budget Resolution" proposed by Congressmen Cooper...
Additional Alternatives to the House Republican Budget
Update: We have updated the table with outlays, revenue, and debt numbers for the Congressional Black Caucus plan.Yesterday was a very busy day for...
Cooper and LaTourette Introduce Bipartisan Budget Resolution
In addition to the House Republican budget, a number of other budget resolutions have come out within the past few days (we will be writing about...
The House Republican Approach to the Sequester
One of the more complicated aspects of Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget is what he does with the sequester that will take effect on January 2, 2013...
It Turns Out Ryan and Obama Agree on Putting Medicare in a Budget
With Congressman Paul Ryan's (R-WI) new budget comes an interesting piece of good news: an apparent agreement between House Republicans and President...