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Budget Digest
Bipartisan Budget Reform
On November 29, 2018, House Budget Committee Chairman Steve Womack and Ranking Member John Yarmuth introduced H.R. 7191, the Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2018.
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The Budget Committee: Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Statement Audit
Earlier this month, the Pentagon completed its first-ever full financial audit, fulfilling the requirement called for in the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Act and the recommendations of numerous House budget resolutions.
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The Broken Budget & Appropriations Process
Across the political spectrum, virtually everyone agrees that our nation’s budget and appropriations process is broken and badly in need of reform.
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The Diminished Role of the Budget Committees
One of the visible signs that the budget and appropriations process is broken and badly in need of reform is the role of the Budget Committees in the overall process.
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Skyrocketing Debt and Deficits
One of the visible signs that the budget process is broken and badly in need of reform is the growing national debt. The budget process has been ineffective at controlling spending – specifically mandatory spending
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The Troubled History of Appropriations
One of the visible signs that the budget and appropriations process is broken and badly in need of reform is the track record of appropriations consideration in Congress and the frequent reliance on short-term funding measures known as continuing resolutions.
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The Broken Budget Resolution
One of the visible signs that the budget and appropriations process is broken and badly in need of reform is the budget resolution itself, including how the document is built and what it contains.
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