History Of Obama Administration’s Missed Budget Deadlines
The Office of Management and Budget recently announced that President Obama’s FY 2015 budget would be delivered to Congress on March 4, just over one month past the statutory deadline (which requires the President’s budget to be submitted by the first Monday in February). This will be the 18th occasion that the Administration has missed […]
Chairman Murray Again Calls on Republicans to Drop Debt Limit Brinkmanship, Build on Bipartisan Budget Work
(Washington, D.C.) –Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) sent a letter to her colleagues reiterating that Democrats will once again not negotiate over whether or not the United States will pay its bills, and calling on House Republicans in advance of their conference retreat next week to not engage in another pointless and […]
Murray Statement on Senate Passage of the 2014 Bipartisan Government Funding Bill
U.S Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee released the following statement after the Senate voted to approve the 2014 bipartisan government funding bill. “I’m pleased that Congress has come together to fill in the details of the framework Chairman Ryan and I agreed on in December and fund the government in […]
Sessions Details Reid’s Subversion Of Senate’s Historic Role
“The Senate is where the great issues of our time are supposed to be examined, reviewed, and discussed before the whole nation. Yet, in the last few years, we have witnessed the dramatic erosion of Senators’ rights and the dismantling of the open legislative process… All of us, both parties, have a responsibility to stop […]
Murray Urges Senate to Build on Bipartisan Budget Deal, Support Critical Investments in Families, Communities, and National Security
(Washington, D.C.) – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor in support of appropriations legislation that fills in the details of the Bipartisan Budget Act that Murray negotiated with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) in December. Murray highlighted key investments in families and communities in Washington State […]
Murray Delivers Floor Speech Commemorating Lyndon Johnson’s “War On Poverty,” Calls On Congress To Keep Up The Fight
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks on the Senate floor commemorating the 50thanniversary of President Lyndon Johnson declaring a “War on Poverty.” Murray explained that while progress has been made since President Johnson’s declaration, Congress must continue to provide, and work to strengthen, the programs that give struggling […]
Chairman Patty Murray’s Statement On Janet Yellen Confirmation To The Federal Reserve
U.S Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee released the following statement after Janet Yellen was confirmed by the Senate to lead the Federal Reserve. “I was proud to vote to confirm Janet Yellen to lead the Federal Reserve at a time when it is absolutely critical that everything possible is being […]
Analysis Of H.R. 3547, The FY 2014 Consolidated Appropriations Act
To view the Budget Committee’s detailed analysis of the omnibus as a 14-page PDF, including tables comparing the bill’s spending with the continuing resolution and 2008 enacted levels, please click here.
Sessions: More Work Needed To Fix Pensions For Veterans
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the military pension provision in the omnibus: “I was pleased that the House-Senate package includes a provision restoring the pensions for disabled veterans, after we called attention to the fact that wounded warriors would be impacted by […]
Budget Points Of Order Against Reed Amendment #2631 To S. 1845
Senate Budget Committee Republican staff, in consultation with the Committee’s Democratic staff, have identified at least four budget points of order that lie against Sen. Jack Reed’s amendment #2631 to S. 1845 (the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act) for violating the FY 2014 deemed spending levels in the Ryan-Murray package. The points of order, which […]