#Budget Process

Last Thursday, Congressman Reid Ribble invited The Concord Coalition to host a panel of experts on Capitol Hill to talk with congressional staffers gearing up for the annual budget process. (more…)

WASHINGTON -- A panel discussion this Thursday morning on Capitol Hill will focus on the breakdown of the federal budget process and offer possible solutions that could put the country on a more responsible fiscal path. The non-partisan Concord Coalition…

The House Budget Committee last week approved a bill on a bipartisan 22-10 vote that would switch the annual congressional budget process to a biennial (two-year) cycle.The legislation, introduced by Rep. Reid Ribble (R-Wisc.), a committee member, has attracted 100…

Although Congress finally took action on the debt limit last week, the legislative hypocrisy on display fed public cynicism and underscored the need for debt limit reforms.The fundamental problem is that Congress only considers a debt limit increase after it…

As the Treasury resorts to “extraordinary measures” to avoid defaulting on some financial obligations, Congress has continued to struggle with the necessary but embarrassing task of raising the federal debt limit.Today the House finally took action, narrowly passing a year-long…

With a sharp drop in the federal deficit last year and voters disgusted with Washington’s budget showdowns, there is a broad consensus among elected officials in both parties to shift the political spotlight away from fiscal reform efforts for a…

Another week has passed with no substantial progress reported towards a federal budget for the fiscal year that began nearly two months ago. Lawmakers began their Thanksgiving breaks last week, although private discussions on the budget were said to be…

Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) are from different parties and different regions but they share a belief that moving the federal budget to a two-year process would lead to a more strategic and thoughtful result than the…