Editorial misleads on tax cuts, federal budget woes
A recent editorial (“Our View: Deficit would be zero if not for tax cuts,” Aug. 11) criticizing tax relief for American families and job creators makes a number of misleading assertions and glosses over uncomfortable facts that we as a nation must confront. Our country is on an unsustainable fiscal course, but this situation did […]
Pursuing Budget Process Reform
Eakinomics: Pursuing Budget Process ReformGuest authored by Gordon Gray, Director of Fiscal Policy at AAF When President Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 into law on August 2nd, Congress officially cleared the decks of much of its must-do legislating for the next 2 years. Given the dim prospects of serious policymaking during a presidential […]
Senator Enzi Restarts the Discussion on Budget Reform
The problems with the current budget process are legion. The timetables established in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 are rarely met, resulting in government shutdowns, omnibus budget bills, and, with the exception of a handful of years, annual deficit spending. The abomination known as the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 is the latest illustration […]
Congress Should Move Forward on Budget Process Reform
Last week, Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) released a series of discussion drafts with proposals to reform the federal budget process. The following is a statement from Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. So far, this year has featured the longest government shutdown in history and a massive […]
Senator Enzi “Troubled” by Delays and Cost Overruns of NASA Programs
The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Senator Mike Enzi has expressed concern that several NASA programs have suffered severe delays and cost overruns. In open letter to NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine dated July 30, the Senator from Wyoming expressed concern that cost overruns and delays of NASA programs “could jeopardize futures missions.” The senator cited […]
Senator criticizes cost and schedule issues with NASA programs
Updated 12:30 p.m. Eastern Aug. 4 with response from Bridenstine. WASHINGTON — The chairman of a key Senate committee said he’s “troubled” by cost and schedule growth on major NASA programs and is asking the agency for more information on their status. Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said Aug. 1 […]
Senate Budget Chair Unveils Plan to Overhaul Congress’s Broken Budget Process
Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), who is retiring after his term ends in 2020, this week unveiled a set of proposals to reform the congressional budget process — among them, remaking the committee he now leads into a Fiscal Control Committee that would include the heads of the appropriations and finance committees as […]
Senate budget chair takes NASA to task on SLS, Webb setbacks
BUDGET CHAIR: SLS, WEBB TELESCOPE ‘RISK VITAL NASA MISSIONS.’ Sen. Mike Enzi, the Wyoming Republican who chairs the Senate Budget Committee, told NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine this week he is “troubled” by cost overruns and delays on several major NASA programs that “put at risk vital NASA missions and taxpayer dollars.” The two main culprits, of […]
Senate Budget Chair Proposes Major Changes To Budget Process
The plan includes, among other things, increasing the debt ceiling every two years. On Tuesday, outgoing Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi released a list of proposals he says will overhaul the budget process. Enzi’s plan involves, among other things, making changes to the Senate Budget Committee itself. It would rename it the “Fiscal Control […]
Enzi shares plans for revamping budget process
Senate Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) yesterday unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the broken Congressional budget and spending process.