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...
Gimmick Watch
Chartbook: Playing By the (Budget) Rules
Below is a Chartbook that corresponds to the paper "Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks"
Goldwein and Moller: How Congress Cheats with Our Money — and How We Can Stop It
Marc Goldwein is senior vice president and senior policy director and Zach Moller is a senior policy analyst at the Committee for a Responsible...
Playing By the (Budget) Rules: Understanding and Preventing Budget Gimmicks
The breakdown in the federal budget process and erosion of budget discipline have led to the increasingly pervasive reliance on budget gimmicks....
Gimmicks to Look Out For in a Spending Deal
With Congress moving toward funding the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2018, pressure is mounting to increase discretionary spending....
House Tax Plan May Add Over $2 Trillion to the Debt
Note: This blog has been updated from its original posting to account for the new JCT score and a new estimate for the cost of extending the family...
Five Gimmicks That May Hide the True Costs of Tax Reform
The budget resolution recently passed by Congress sets the stage for fast-track tax reform legislation (a process known as reconciliation) that...
Temporary Expensing is a Budget Gimmick and a Bad Idea
One provision included in the $2.2 trillion "Unified Tax Framework" would allow companies to fully deduct or "expense" capital purchases other than...
The FY 2018 Senate Budget and Budget Gimmicks
Note: An amendment was adopted during floor consideration that affects budget gimmicks in the House of Representatives. You can read more on that...
Maya MacGuineas: Congress, Dump the Budget Gimmicks – We Need Real Reform
Maya MacGuineas is president of the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and head of the Campaign to Fix the Debt. She recently...