Oversight
BUDGET BULLETIN: Defense Spending, BCA Caps and OCO Funding in FY 2016 Budget
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its June issue of the Budget Bulletin, focused on defense spending, the Budget Control Act and overseas contingency operations (OCO) funds. 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 here. Excerpts follow: The balanced budget resolution's rationale for adhering to th… Continue Reading
06.05.15
SENATE RECONCILIATION GUIDELINES TO COMMITTEES
2015 BALANCED BUDGETE RESOLUTION RECONCILIATION GUIDELINES The Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for FY 2016 includes reconciliation instructions to both the Committee on Finance and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. This document provides general information for submitting reconciliation recommendations and summarizes special rules and procedures that govern the contents and consideration of a reconciliation bill-elements that should be forefront as the two co… Continue Reading
06.04.15
Budget Committee to Hold PA Field Hearing on June 8 to Focus on Crime Victims Fund
WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) will preside at a hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee in Southeast Pennsylvania regarding his legislation to restore fairness to the Crime Victims Fund. The hearing will be held on Monday, June 8 at 10 am at the Villanova University School of Law in Radnor Township. The Crime Victims Fund supports services to victims of crime, through direct compensation to victims and by funding Child Advocacy Centers, domestic violence shelters, rape c… Continue Reading
05.19.15
May Budget Bulletin: Highway Trust Fund Deadline Looms
WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate Budget Committee today released its May issue of the Budget Bulletin, focused on the looming Highway Trust Fund deadline. The Budget Bulletin will provide regular expert articles by committee analysts on the issues before Congress relating to the budget, deficits, debt, and the economy. Read the full Senate Budget Bulletin here. Excerpts follow: "Highway Trust Fund authorization expires on May 31, and the actual deadline for congressional passage of a reauthorizati… Continue Reading
05.19.15
Enzi: CBO Should Focus on Clarifying Mission, Improving OperationsEnzi: CBO Should Focus on Clarifying Mission, Improving Operations
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, wants the Congressional source for budget and economic information to remain reliable and focused. To help ensure this, Enzi called the first oversight hearing of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) since 1982 and said oversight of CBO should focus on clarifying the office's mission and improving its operations. "The goal of our oversight is to assure the rest of Congress that this vital organization is o… Continue Reading
05.19.15
Highway Trust Fund Deadline Looms
In This Issue: Short-Term Reauthorization Effort History of Federal Highway Funding Fund's Financial Problems Continue by John Selden, Budget and Transportation Analyst Short-Term Funding Extension: Deal or No Deal? Highway Trust Fund authorization expires on May 31, and the actual deadline for congressional passage of a reauthorization funding fix is the end of this week. For now, Congress is likely to pass a two-month authorization extension, through July 31. The House is expected… Continue Reading
05.13.15
Enzi to Hold Oversight Hearing of CBO on Tues. May 19
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will convene a hearing on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 on oversight of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The hearing will take place at 10:30 a.m., in Room 608 of the Senate Dirksen Building. The witness at Tuesday's hearing will be: Dr. Keith HallDirector, Congressional Budget Office A live broadcast of the hearing will be available here. # # #… Continue Reading
05.07.15
Getting serious about balancing the budget
by Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY)
This week, Congress approved its first balanced 10-year budget since 2001, which represented an important step toward putting our country on not just another course, but a better course. This balanced budget represents a "lean in" moment for a Congress under new management, to confront rapidly growing deficits borne from our government's habitual overspending, which plagues America and its taxpayers. Make no mistake, America faces difficult odds as we work to steer our ship of state to more sus… Continue Reading
05.07.15
Congress Finally Serious About Balancing Budget
by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY)
This week, Congress approved its first balanced 10-year budget since 2001, which represented an important step toward putting our country on not just another course, but a better course. This balanced budget represents a Congress under new management, confronting rapidly growing deficits borne from our government's habitual overspending, which plagues America and its taxpayers. Make no mistake, America faces difficult odds as we work to steer our ship of state to more sustainable and fiscall… Continue Reading
05.05.15
Congress Approves First 10-Year Balanced Budget Since 2001
WASHINGTON, DC - Congress this week approved its first 10-year balanced budget since 2001. The joint agreement between the U.S. House and Senate balances the budget within 10 years without raising taxes, strengthens our national defense, protects our most vulnerable citizens, improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families and stops the federal government's out of control spending. "Today, we are putting our country on not just another course, but a better course," said Senat… Continue Reading
04.29.15
Chairmen Enzi and Price Announce Balanced Budget Agreement
WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (R-GA) today announced that the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference has reached an agreement on a joint Congressional balanced budget resolution. The Chairmen noted that the budget conference agreement balances within 10 years, does not raise taxes, strengthens our nation's defense, protects our most vulnerable citizens, improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking f… Continue Reading
04.20.15
Enzi: Balanced Budget Will Help Restore Trust of Hardworking Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, said today, during the joint Senate-House FY 2016 Budget Conference, that passing a balanced budget will help restore the trust of hardworking taxpayers. "Passing a balanced budget is about restoring the trust of the American people, because the federal government's chronic overspending and exploding debt threatens each and every American," said Chairman Enzi. "The biggest reason for this broken trust is Was… Continue Reading
04.16.15
Senate-House Budget Conference to Meet on Monday, April 20
WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY) and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA) today announced that conferees for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference will meet on Monday, April 20, 2015 at 3:00pm in Room 106 - Dirksen Senate Office Building. WHO: Senate-House Budget Conferees WHAT: Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference WHEN: Monday, April 20, 2015 at 3:00pm WHERE: Room 106 - Dirksen Senate Office Building The f… Continue Reading
04.15.15
Enzi Statement On Joint Budget Resolution and Appointment of Budget Conferees
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the conferees for the Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Conference: "Last month, the Senate Budget Committee took an important first step in helping to change the way we do business here in Washington - by reporting out a balanced budget," said Chairman Enzi. "This week, we take the next step and start work on a joint balanced budget… Continue Reading
04.09.15
Budget Chairmen Enzi and Price Meet on FY2016 Budget
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price, M.D. (GA-06) met to discuss the Fiscal Year 2016 budget. After the meeting, Chairman Enzi and Chairman Price issued the following joint statement: "Republicans are committed to creating a balanced budget that will boost our nation's economic growth and help restore the promise of a government that is more effective and accountable. We look forward to the… Continue Reading
03.27.15
CBO: Balanced Budget Approved by Senate Boosts Economic Growth by $500 Billion
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Senate today approved a balanced budget resolution for fiscal year 2016, which will boost the nation's economic growth by more than $500 billion over the next ten years, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO). If the Senate adds recommended tax and regulatory reforms to these spending reductions, the economic benefits will be even bigger. The measure approved by the Senate also balances the budget in ten years with no tax hikes, protec… Continue Reading
03.23.15
Senate Begins Debate on Balanced Budget to Boost National Defense and Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, released the following statement today as the United States Senate began debate on the balanced budget resolution: "Last week, the Senate Budget Committee took an important first step in helping to change the way we do business here in Washington - by reporting out a balanced budget," said Chairman Enzi. "This week, we take the next step as the Senate begins debating how best to make the government live wi… Continue Reading
03.23.15
Washington must live within its means
by Chairman Mike Enzi (R-WY)
Last week, Congress began the monumental task of confronting our nation's chronic overspending and exploding debt, which threaten each and every American. Make no mistake, our fiscal outlook is grim and has been ignored for far too long. But we have a profound moral responsibility to help taxpayers see the true picture of our country's finances. Republicans are proposing a responsible plan that balances the budget in 10 years with no new tax hikes, protects our most vulnerable citizens, strengt… Continue Reading
03.21.15
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi Delivers Weekly Republican Address on Need for Balanced Budget
'Republicans have put forward a responsible plan that balances the budget in ten years with no new tax hikes, that protects our most vulnerable citizens, it strengthens our national defense, and it improves economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families.' WASHINGTON, D.C. - In the Weekly Republican Address, Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, previews the Fiscal Year 2016 budget blueprint that the Senate will vote on next week. While the Obama Admini… Continue Reading
03.19.15
Senate Budget Committee Approves Balanced Budget to Boost National Defense and Economic Growth
WASHINGTON, DC - The United States Senate Budget Committee, chaired by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY), today approved a plan that would balance the nation's budget in 10 years with no tax hikes, protect our most vulnerable citizens, strengthen the national defense, and boost economic growth and opportunity for hardworking families. The full Senate will consider the committee's balanced budget proposal next week. The Congressional Budget Act mandates a specific timetable for the Congressional budget p… Continue Reading
