No Score, No Vote: House Should Not Vote on Reconciliation Without a Score
For Immediate Release
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recently called for the House of Representatives to pass its reconciliation bill, the Build Back...
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Sep 15, 2021 | Taxes
SALT Cap Repeal Does Not Belong in Reconciliation
For Immediate Release
Though the recent draft tax legislation proposed by the Ways and Means Committee is silent on the issue of the $10,...
Sep 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
CBO Reports $173 Billion Deficit for August
The United States borrowed over $2.7 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2021, including $173 billion in...
Sep 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Responsibly Raising the Debt Limit
Yesterday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the Treasury is likely to run out of extraordinary measures in October....
Sep 7, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Keeping Offsets on the Table
As lawmakers work to put together a reconciliation package that could include up to $3.5 trillion of gross spending and tax breaks, resistance has...
Trustees Show Limited Time to Save Social Security and Medicare
Today, the Social Security and Medicare Trustees released their annual reports on the state of the trust funds. The Trustees find that Medicare’s...
Aug 23, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
House Should Not Authorize Trillions of Borrowing
The House is expected to vote this week on a Senate-passed budget resolution for Fiscal Year 2022 that would allow up to $1.75 trillion of borrowing...
Aug 10, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
The Senate Should Restore the Conrad Rule
The Senate is currently considering a budget resolution that includes reconciliation instructions to facilitate the enactment of numerous climate,...
Aug 10, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
More Pay-Fors Needed for Bipartisan Infrastructure Act
The Senate passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation to increase federal infrastructure investments. The legislation...
Aug 9, 2021 | Budgets & Projections
Reconciliation Instructions Must Not Add to the Debt
Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders released a budget resolution to allow for up to $1.75 trillion of new borrowing through...