Winners and Losers from the Omnibus Legislation
Last month's Ryan-Murray budget deal set overall spending levels for the government at $1.1 trillion, but it did not set specific spending levels for...
FY 2014 Budget
The Omnibus Bill Has Passed the House
Lawmakers in the House moved quickly to pass the omnibus appropriations bill released two days ago with a 359-67 vote. Earlier in the day, the Senate...
War Spending in the Omnibus Bill
Among the many things we noted yesterday on the blog about the omnibus appropriations bill was the similarity between war spending in the bill and in...
Understanding the "Omnibus" Appropriations Bill
Last night, Congressional appropriators unveiled a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill that would fund the government for the rest of FY 2014....
Spending Agreement "Splits the Difference" for 2014
On Tuesday, Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan announced a budget deal that set discretionary spending levels for the next two years,...
WaPo: A Flawed Deal is Better Than No Deal
So far, reactions to the budget agreement have been mixed. As we said in our report yesterday, Understanding the Bipartisan Budget Act, the deal...
Congress's Next Play: Don't Punt, Go For It!
We hope all of our readers enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday. The long weekend brought some fantastic rivalry games, Michigan-Ohio State, Auburn-...
Understanding the Sequester
“The sequester” is an across-the-board spending cut designed in 2011 to force the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (“...
The King Plan: A Window Into a "Go Medium" Deal
In addition to CBO director Doug Elmendorf's testimony, yesterday's budget conference committee meeting produced another notable moment: a proposal...
Replacing the Sequester With...More Sequester? No Deal
As the budget conference committee works to develop a plan to offset some of the sequester, they may be tempted to use budget gimmicks in place of...