Sessions Comments On OMB Mid-Session Budget Review
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after the administration provided the annual budget update known as the Mid-Session Review: “Today’s updated budget report from the White House confirms that the president’s budget plan leaves us on an unsustainable fiscal path: despite a $1.1 trillion […]
Senate Budget Committee Marks 100 Days Since Senate Passed Budget with Animated Web Video “I’m Just a Budget”
Today, the Senate Budget Committee majority released an animated web video, “I’m Just a Budget,” in which an animated singing budget explains why it’s been 100 days since the Senate passed him and he still can’t go to conference. Additional background here: LINK Web video “I’m Just a Budget” script: Budget is sitting on Capitol […]
BACKGROUND: 100 Days Since the Senate Passed a Budget and Republicans Are Still Blocking the Bipartisan Budget Conference They Called For
FLASHBACK TO MARCH 23, 2013: The Senate Budget Passes, and Senate Republicans Praised The “Open” And “Full Debate” On The Senate Budget. Minority Leader McConnell Thanked Chairman Murray And Senator Sessions For Conducting “An Open And Complete And Full Debate.” “I want to commend Senator Murray, Senator Sessions, and the majority leader for conducting an […]
Senate Approves Nomination of Brian Deese as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget
The Senate confirmed the nomination of Brian Deese as the Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget by unanimous consent. After the confirmation, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Patty Murray (D-WA) released the following statement: “Brian knows firsthand how to create fiscal policies that work for middle class families and help our economy grow, […]
ICYMI: Chairman Murray Holds Senate Budget Committee Hearing on Investing in our Future: The Impact of Federal Budget Decisions on Children
Photo Source: Tri-City Herald Today, Chairman Murray and the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing about the impact federal budget decisions have on our children. As Chairman Murray said in her opening statement, “…there’s one group in particular whose voices are not often heard when it comes to the federal budget process—and that’s our nation’s […]
Sessions Writes Colleagues Ahead Of Tonight’s Vote On How 1,200-Page Substitute Will Reduce Wages
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following letter sent today to his Senate colleagues in both parties discussing how the doubling of guest workers and large increase in low-skill future immigration will adversely impact wages, particularly for lower-income Americans: “Dear Colleague, Wages for working Americans have been […]
SBC Analysis Of CBO Immigration Report: Senate Bill Increases On-Budget Deficit, Increases Unemployment, Depresses Wages
The fiscal cost estimate demonstrates conclusively that the legislation as reported from the Judiciary Committee will increase the costs of welfare benefits provided to newly legalized residents by more than the income taxes and fees that they will pay, resulting in added deficit spending over the next 10 years. The economic analysis concludes that the increase in the labor force will depress average wages and increase unemployment through at least the end of this decade.
Sessions: CBO Immigration Report Shows On-Budget Deficits Going Up, Not Down
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today correcting an erroneous characterization of the Congressional Budget Office score of S.744, the Gang of Eight immigration bill: “The CBO report unequivocally finds that even over the first 10 years of the bill (a period when many welfare […]
Ranking Member Sessions Comments On CBO Score Of Immigration Bill
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today regarding the Congressional Budget Office’s new estimate of the deficit impact of S. 744, the Gang of Eight immigration bill: “The bill’s drafters relied on the same scoring gimmicks used by the Obamacare drafters to conceal its true […]