The Bipartisan Push to Budget Long-Term for Natural Disasters
The Senate is coming around to an inevitable conclusion: Emergencies are increasingly common, and Congress should budget better for them. As multibillion-dollar disaster-relief legislation languishes in the upper chamber over aid to Puerto Rico, Senate budgeters and appropriators looking to tackle the deficit and the worst effects of climate change are embracing the idea of regular budgeting […]
Judd Gregg: In praise of Mike Enzi
The federal deficit in February set a record. It was $234 billion. Up until 2008, annual deficits — those covering twelve months – rarely reached the level of the deficit the federal government just ran for the month of February. The deficit for the first five months of this fiscal year is at $544 billion, […]
Chairman Enzi: Congress Must Improve the Way it Budgets for Natural Disasters
WASHINGTON D.C. – During a speech today on the floor of the United States Senate, Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said that Congress must work to improve the way it budgets for inevitable natural disasters and emergencies. He said this would allow the country to respond to natural disasters more […]
SBC Trump Budget Reaction 4-2-19 FINAL
Senate panel approves GOP budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Senate panel Thursday approved a GOP budget plan that would curb federal benefit programs by $551 billion over the next five years and reject President Donald Trump’s plan to use budget tricks to pad the Pentagon budget. The Budget Committee approved the nonbinding measure by a party-line vote. The budget plan […]
Senate Budget Committee Approves Plan to Cut Deficits by Half a Trillion Dollars
WASHINGTON D.C. –The Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), today approved the FY 2020 Budget Resolution, which would reduce deficits by more than half a trillion dollars over five years and put America on a more sustainable fiscal path. Enzi noted the budget blueprint will help begin to reduce overspending and set real, achievable […]
Senate Budget Committee votes to advance 2020 budget plan
The Senate Budget Committee on Thursday voted to advance a 2020 budget plan that aims to eat into government spending over a five-year period and hold annual federal deficits under $1 trillion — a level they’re projected to surpass for most of the next decade. Chairman Mike Enzi said the plan is focused on “modest, […]
Chairman Enzi: Senate Budget Resolution is First Step to Strengthen America’s Future
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today said Congress must begin the difficult task of addressing America’s ballooning debt and deficits. The committee began consideration of the FY 2020 Budget Resolution, focused on reducing the deficit over the next five years. “This budget represents an important first step […]
Sen. Mike Enzi: Senate Budget Is a First Step to Strengthen America’s Future
This week the Senate Budget Committee will consider a budget plan that will reduce deficits by half a trillion dollars over the next five years. The budget does not presume to solve all of our fiscal challenges. We’ve seen past plans with that aspiration, all of which have been ignored within weeks. This time we are calling for Congress to […]
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING: Support for the FY 2020 Budget Resolution
ELECTED OFFICIALS: House Budget Committee Ranking Member Steve Womack (R-AR): “I commend Chairman Enzi for introducing a realistic and achievable budget, and for his intention to advance this resolution in the coming weeks. As lawmakers sitting on the budget committees in the House and Senate, we all have a responsibility to lead federal spending decisions […]