BUDGET BULLETIN: Social Security Replacement Rates
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its October 6, 2015, issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on Social Security replacement rates. 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 […]
UPDATED BUDGET BULLETIN: Debt-Limit Debate New Budget Committee and Treasury Forecasts
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today updated its recent issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on the debt-limit debate to include new Budget Committee and Treasury forecasts. 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. […]
Enzi: Congress Should Pass Annual Spending Bills Instead of Continuing Resolutions
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today released the following statement after the Senate passed a short-term continuing resolution, which would fund government agencies through December 11, 2015: “Earlier this year, Congress approved its first joint 10-year balanced budget since 2001. Now one of our top priorities must […]
BUDGET BULLETIN: 2016 Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its September 29, 2015, issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on the 2016 Continuing Resolution, which would fund government agencies through December 11, 2015. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, […]
BUDGET BULLETIN: Fall Debt-Limit Debate
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its September 15, 2015, issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on the debt-limit debate. 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 Bulletin […]
CBO Analysis Shows Senate Committees Adhering to Balanced Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON D.C. – At the request of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis that tracks the budgetary impact of enacted legislation against the FY 2015 deemed budget resolution and the FY 2016 balanced budget resolution recently approved by Congress. The CBO analysis shows that the Senate’s […]
CBO Report Shows Impact of Budget Caps on Overspending
WASHINGTON D.C. – Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today released the following statement in response to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) “Update to the Budget and Economic Outlook: 2015 to 2025.” Enzi noted that that report shows the positive impact of the budget caps, passed as part of the bipartisan Budget Control Act, […]
Sen. Ayotte Holds Field Hearing with IRS Commissioner to Examine Tax-Related ID Theft
Invites Granite Staters to share experiences with tax identity theft in advance of hearing WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, August 26, U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) held a Budget Committee field hearing with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen on the IRS’ handling of fraudulent tax returns. Ayotte invited Commissioner Koskinen to participate in the hearing in order […]
Senators Pledge to Work Together on Wildfire Funding
WASHINGTON D.C. – Eleven United States Senators today, led by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), inserted the following statements into the Congressional Record on the need to work together to find a solution to address budget concerns surrounding wildfire funding and fire suppression. In addition to Chairman Enzi, Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Lisa […]
New Report Shows Importance of Dynamic Scoring
WASHINGTON D.C. – A new report issued by the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the Tax Relief Extension Act of 2015, which would extend certain expired tax provisions, shows the importance of dynamic scoring said Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today. The use of dynamic scoring […]