The Broken Budget Process & How Mike Enzi Wants to Fix it
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi, for one, is fed up. Looking to spotlight the insanity, he is holding a series of hearings this month exploring “How to fix the broken budget process.”
Enzi: It’s Time For a Better Budget Process
WASHINGTON D.C. – During the Senate Budget Committee’s second in a series of hearings focused on America’s broken budget process, Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today said congressional budgets are no longer governing documents and are increasingly ignored, leaving the country without a long-term plan. He said it’s time for a better budget process that allocates taxpayer resources […]
GAO Report on Duplication Highlights Effect of Broken Budget Process
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a new report highlighting program duplication that has arisen because of America’s broken budget process. “The duplication highlighted in GAO’s new report is because of America’s broken budget process, and contributes to […]
Establishing an FY17 Senate Budget Framework
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its April 12, 2016, Budget Bulletin focused on establishing a fiscal year 2017 Senate Budget framework. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. Read the full Senate […]
Budget Committee to Hold April 13 Hearing on Fixing Broken Budget Process
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will hold the second in a series of hearings Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at 10:30am focused on fixing the broken budget process. Wednesday’s hearing will highlight the benefits of outcome-based budgeting and how it could improve congressional budget decisions. The current input-based process encourages Congress to […]
Enzi: Federal Financial Mismanagement Contributes to Broken Budget Process
WASHINGTON D.C. – During a hearing today focused on the unreliability of federal financial data, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said that the federal government’s financial mismanagement contributes to the broken budget process. “The Congressional budget process is fundamentally broken, which has contributed to spiraling levels of overspending and debt,” said […]
Budget Committee to Hold April 6 Hearing on GAO Audit of Unreliable Federal Financial Data
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will hold a hearing Wednesday, April 6, 2016 at 10:30am focused on the unreliability of federal financial data based on audits done by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The Secretary of the Treasury, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Management and Budget […]
This is a Statement for The Chairman
U.S. News: The Budget’s Broken. It’s Time to Fix It
The recent spending and debt deal clearly illustrates that the federal budget process is in serious need of reform. America’s current budget challenges are directly related to this breakdown and fixing it can put the country on a more responsible spending path going forward.
Retirement calculator suffered from coding error; senators press for more answers
http://federalnewsradio.com/retirement/2016/03/retirement-calculator-suffered-coding-error-senators-press-answers/ By Jory Heckman | @jmheckmanMarch 9, 2016 12:13 pm The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau told the chairmen of two Senate financial committees it fixed an “isolated coding error” in its retirement planning calculator, but those senators said many questions remain unanswered. In a letter to Sens. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), CFPB Director Richard Cordray said there are […]