Oversight
Sessions Replies To Conrad Announcement On Democrat Budget
WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following comment today in response to the announcement by Senate Democrats that a budget markup will be indefinitely "deferred": "I appreciate that Senator Conrad has recognized the serious concerns that I, my Republican colleagues, and millions of Americans have over the decision of the Democrat-led Senate to not pass a budget in the last 750 days, to not present a budget at all this year, and… Continue Reading
05.23.11
Sessions And Ayotte, Joined By All GOP Senators, Press Reid For Action On Stalled Senate Budget
WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), the newest member of the Budget Committee, authored a letter signed by all 47 Republican senators pressing Majority Leader Reid for action on the stalled FY2012 Senate budget. Though it requires only 51 votes, Senate Democrats have not passed a budget in 754 days, during which time the nation has accumulated approximately $3.2 trillion in new gross debt. This year, Senate Democ… Continue Reading
05.16.11
Fact-Based Budgeting: Sessions Presents Research on Deficit Reduction To Senate Colleagues
WASHINGTON-----U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, wrote to his colleagues in the Senate today, on both sides of the aisle, to share a white paper produced by his Budget Committee staff that thoroughly reviewed and analyzed a large body of empirical research over how other nations have successfully, or unsuccessfully, confronted their deficits and debt. The white paper conclusively demonstrates that nations who have relied on spending cuts, rather than … Continue Reading
05.16.11
Sessions Reacts to Sobering Reports on Social Security and Medicare, Inability of Senate Dems to Present Budget Plan
WASHINGTON-U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, made the following statement today after the Social Security and Medicare Trustees issued their annual reports on the financial status of the two programs, which show the projected insolvency date of Social Security has moved up to 2036 from 2037 and the insolvency date for Medicare has leaped from 2024 from 2029 in 2010's report: "Today's news that Social Security and Medicare will become insolvent even s… Continue Reading
12.13.10
Issue 5a&b: Government-sponsored Enterprises
09.29.10
Issue 4: NASA Funding Uncertainty
06.09.10
Issue 3: Oil Spill Tax
05.26.10
Issue 2a&b: 2011 Budget Resolution?
05.12.10
Issue 1a&b: Reconciliation
11.03.09
Issue 8: Corrected Highway Edition and 2009 Deficit
10.27.09
Issue 7a&b: Expanded Highway Edition
06.25.09
Issue 6a&b: Financial Intervention Summary
06.19.09
Issue 5: CBO & Health Reform
05.20.09
Issue 4: Second Supplemental
05.05.09
Issue 3: The Recession's Impact on SS & Medicare Finances
04.23.09
Issue 2: Deficit Neutral Reserve Funds
03.17.09
Issue 1a&b: President’s Discretionary & Transp. Budget
09.09.08
Issue 8: Recurring Bad Dream Of Highway Bill Turning Into Annual Nightmare
06.23.08
Issue 7: The Blue Dog Coalition
05.05.08
