SENATORS McCAIN & ENZI INTRODUCE THE USA ACT TO SAVE BILLIONS IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today introduced the USA Act, legislation that would implement recommendations included in the Government Accountability Office’s annual duplication report to reduce waste and create efficiencies throughout the federal government. One of the key savings in this legislation would be the […]
Enzi: U.S. needs to learn from Greek crisis before it is too late
Washington, D.C. – With Greece sinking from the financial weight of its excessive government debt, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., wants to know what lessons can be learned so that America doesn’t find itself in a similar financial disaster. Questioning Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall during a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Enzi […]
Highway Funding Bill Contains Key Budget Reform
WASHINGTON D.C. – At the request of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), the long-term highway funding legislation approved by the United States Senate contains a key budget reform that, if enacted, would ensure funds are spent only on transportation priorities. The budget reform provision included in the Highway Trust Fund bill is an […]
Chairman Enzi Announces Senate Budget Committee Staff
WASHINGTON D.C. – The Senate Budget Committee and Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) today announced the current staff of the committee, including new hires and promotions. Eric Ueland – Staff DirectorEric Ueland graduated from the University of San Francisco in 1988 and worked at The American Spectator magazine before joining the Senate Republican Policy Committee staff […]
BUDGET BULLETIN: Appropriations Status Report – FY 2016 Budget and Spending Bills
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its July 28, 2015 issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on the FY 2016 Balanced Budget Resolution and its role in the appropriations process. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, […]
BUDGET BULLETIN: Enforcing the FY 2016 Balanced Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON, DC – The Senate Budget Committee today released its July 14, 2015 issue of the Budget Bulletin focused on enforcing the FY 2016 Balanced Budget Resolution approved earlier this year. The Budget Bulletin provides regular expert articles by Senate Budget Committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and […]
Enzi Requests CBO Report on Current Impact of Balanced Budget Resolution
WASHINGTON D.C. – At the request of Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report for July 2015 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. CBO will release similar reports […]
Enzi: U.S. Must Learn From Greek Crisis Before It Is Too Late
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With Greece sinking from the financial weight of its excessive government debt, Budget Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), wants to know what lessons can be learned so that America doesn’t find itself in a similar financial disaster. Questioning Congressional Budget Office Director Keith Hall during a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Enzi said […]
Sanders & Schakowsky Plan Tackles Wealth Inequality With Estate Tax Reform
WASHINGTON, June 25 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) today introduced legislation to increase estate tax rates on the top three-tenths of one percent of Americans who inherit more than $3.5 million, while eliminating loopholes that have allowed the wealthiest Americans to avoid billions in taxes. Sanders said the legislation was needed to reduce the massive […]
Enzi statement on the Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-Wyo). issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell decision: “For too long, the debate over health care has placed politics before the best interests of patients. No matter the court’s ruling, it is time for Democrats and Republicans to deliver what the […]