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House Budget Committee Chair Tom Price (R-GA) talked about the federal budget process at an event hosted by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He said the process is failing and…

Former congressional leaders talked about the process of reaching their 1990 deficit agreement that eventually helped bring the federal budget into surplus. Topics included the major leaders…

Former government and congressional staffers talked about reforming the federal budget process. This was the second panel of “Budgeting on the Brink,” held at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

Former congressional leaders and cabinet officials talked about problems with and ways to reform the budget process. David Obey said that members of Congress should spend more time in Washin…

As current congressional leaders were involved in negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” former congressional leaders and governmental officials, journalists, and academics talked about l…

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and the Peterson-Pew Commission held a discussion on proposals for reforming the federal budget process. Speakers included House Budget Committ…

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform held a meeting as part of its series of public meetings onpossible changes to the federal budget process. Witnesses included two o…

Paul Posner talked about accountability provisions in the $787 billion economic stimulus bill. The bill includes $324 million for tracking how the money is being spent across federal and sta…

Governors and economists talked about the current economic situation, with emphasis on housing and credit market challenges, and considered whether conditions signal unprecedented instabilit…

Comptroller General Walker made a special presentation during a conference on congressional oversight of the executive branch and evaluation of Congress' oversight capability. Topics include…

Mayors and other experts talked about various aspects of federal, state and local partnerships. Topics included education, neighborhood safety, property taxes, and proposals for new kinds of…

Current and former congressional and executive budgetary officials, business leaders and others gathered to discuss the role of accounting and scoring in the federal budget process. They exa…