Issue 5: CBO Analyzes President’s Budget
Issue 4: The Long-Term Budget Outlook
Issue 3: Surplus Without Social Security and Medicare is Gone
Committee Again Rejects Suspension of Budget Enforcement Mechanisms
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2002 Contact: Stu Nagurka (202) 224-7436 Steve Posner (202) 224-7925 SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE AGAIN REJECTS SUSPENSION OF BUDGET ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS Conrad Calls on Senate to Defeat Measure When it Comes to Floor Washington, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today, by a 22 to 0 vote, has again rejected the […]
Issue 2: President’s 2003 Budget
Statement by Daschle, Conrad, and Levin on CBO Report on Missile Defense
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, January 31, 2002 Contact: Ranit Schmelzer (Daschle) (202) 224-2939 Stu Nagurka (Conrad) 224-7436 Tara Andringa (Levin) (202) 224-6221 STATEMENT BY SENATORS DASCHLE, CONRAD, AND LEVIN ON THE NEW CBO REPORT SHOWING THAT NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE COULD COST OVER $150 BILLION Following is a statement from Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, Budget […]
Budget Committee Chairman Seeks Return to Fiscal Discipline
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 29, 2002 Contact: Stu Nagurka (202) 224-7436 Steve Posner (202) 224-7925 SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SEEKS RETURN TO FISCAL DISCIPLINE Conrad: Long-Term Budget Outlook Worsened by Bush Tax Cut Washington, DC – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, D-ND, today said the sharp drop in the projected surplus – caused largely […]
Issue 1: CBO’s Economic and Budget Outlook, 2003-2012
Conrad Welcomes Fed Chairman’s Call for Trigger Mechanism
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2002 Contact: Stu Nagurka (202) 224-7436 Steve Posner (202) 224-0642 SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN WELCOMES FED CHAIRMAN’S CALL FOR TRIGGER MECHANISM Conrad: Trigger Could Help Restore Long-Term Fiscal Discipline Washington, DC – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad today welcomed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan’s suggestion that Congress should implement […]
Bush Sends Nation Back Into Deficits
EMBARGOED UNTIL 10:00 AM January 23, 2002 Contact: Stu Nagurka (202) 224-7436 Steve Posner (202) 224-7925 BUSH SENDS NATION BACK INTO DEFICITS CBO Projects $4.0 Trillion Drop in Surplus and Deficits for Next Two Years Washington, DC – The Congressional Budget Office today released new projections showing a $4.0 trillion drop in the surplus and […]