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Budget Digest
Estimating the Effects of Tax Reform
The recently adopted budget resolution allows for up to $1.5 trillion in net tax cuts over the next 10 years through the process of reconciliation.
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The Fiscal Year 2018 Budget: Sustaining Medicare and Medicaid
While the resolution does not dictate specific policy changes for these programs, it does envision general reforms that will ensure their sustainability for the future.
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Adoption of Senate-Passed Budget Paves Way for Tax Reform
House adoption of the Senate-passed budget will pave the way for a reconciliation process to allow Congress to move tax reform legislation.
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Enforcing the Budget Resolution
A budget cannot work unless it is enforced. In the forthcoming budget conference with the Senate, the House Budget Committee will advocate for strenuous enforcement measures so they become binding on Congress as a whole.
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Why the House Must Pass a Budget Resolution
Passing the resolution is an indispensable step in advancing Congress’s policy agenda and fulfilling its constitutional responsibility.
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Five Myths About the House Budget Resolution
The role and contents of the budget are often misinterpreted or misunderstood. Learn the facts about some of the common myths.
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Why Appropriations Are Not A Budget Resolution
Congress has to pass a budget resolution if it is to reform entitlements, set limits on discretionary spending, or consider a tax reform bill under expedited procedures of reconciliation.
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The Fiscal Year 2018 Consolidated Government Funding Bill
The “Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018” (H.R. 3354), scheduled for House consideration this week, combines the remaining eight spending bills reported by the Committee on Appropriations.
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Estimating the Effects of Tax Reform
The recently adopted budget resolution allows for up to $1.5 trillion in net tax cuts over the next 10 years through the process of reconciliation.
Read More