Complex Budget Terms and Processes — and Why They Matter
Understanding what’s happening on Capitol Hill requires an understanding of the Congressional budget process — which is notoriously technical, complex and arcane.
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Understanding what’s happening on Capitol Hill requires an understanding of the Congressional budget process — which is notoriously technical, complex and arcane.
Learn about what types of initiatives and programs are eligible for grants from the Peter G. Peterson Foundation.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/grants/eligibility-requirements-for-grants
Social Security is the largest single program in the federal budget and makes up approximately one quarter of total federal spending.
https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/how-does-social-security-work
The latest Financial Times-Peterson Foundation US Economic Monitor reveals that the coronavirus pandemic is financially impacting the vast majority of Americans, and there is broad-based support for federal response measures.
Convened in November 2012, "Post-Election: The Fiscal Cliff and Beyond" brought together top elected leaders and policy experts to discuss potential paths forward for America.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/events/the-fiscal-cliff-and-beyond
The fairness of our federal tax system is a hotly debated issue. Too often, however, those debates confuse or misrepresent important facts because they focus on one type of tax in isolation rather than the various taxes that people face in aggregate.
The United States spends more on defense than the next 9 countries combined.
All three budget plans achieve deficit reduction within the 10-year window relative to current law, though they make different choices on revenues and spending levels for particular programs and achieve different results.
The two proposals present distinct visions of the role of the federal government in our economy.
https://www.pgpf.org/analysis/fy-2015-budgets-comparing-chairman-ryans-and-the-presidents-proposals
The report projects that in 2018 — for the first time since 1982 — the program’s total costs will exceed its total income.