Appropriations Watch: FY 2019
Congress began appropriations work for FY 2019 in April. The enactment of the 2018 Bipartisan Budget Act increased defense and non-defense...
FY 2019 Budget
CBO’s Analysis of the President’s FY 2019 Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 budget using its own assumptions to evaluate the...
CBO Releases Estimate of the President's Budget
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its estimate of the President's 2019 budget today. The estimates show debt would continue to rise...
It Would Be Unprecedented to Not Even Consider a Budget
For Immediate Release
Over a month after the statutory deadline to complete a budget, neither the House nor Senate Budget Committees have even...
Congress Has Never Failed to Propose a Budget
There has never been a year where at least one of the two congressional Budget Committees have not proposed a budget.
Since the modern budget...
Paul & Sanford Introduce Penny Plans
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) and Representative Mark Sanford (R-SC) have introduced “penny plans” that would balance the budget within a decade through a...
Mandatory Spending Makes Up the Bulk of Spending Growth
Over four-fifths of the growth in nominal spending over the next decade is driven by Social Security, federal health programs, and interest on the...
Rescissions, How Do They Work?
Recent press reports have indicated that the Trump Administration is looking to use a process known as rescission to cut spending from the recent...
Chartbook: America's Budget Outlook
Below is a chartbook on America's deteriorating budget outlook.
Update (5/15/18): We clarified the footnote on slide 9 to more clearly...
Republican Study Committee Releases FY 2019 Budget
While the House and Senate Budget Committees have yet to release a budget for FY 2019, the Republican Study Committee (RSC) has released its own...