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Jul 20, 2017
What is the Budget Window?
While a 10-year window is currently the standard, the number of years covered by budget resolutions has varied.
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Explainers
Jul 20, 2017
What is Budget Reconciliation?
Reconciliation is a powerful process, whereby legislation drafted to meet those instructions has an easier path to passage.
Explainers
Jul 20, 2017
What is Sequestration?
Sequestration was designed to be a blunt instrument, whose arbitrary effects would be so undesirable that they would compel policymakers to reach compromise on budget legislation rather than allow the cuts to go into effect.
Explainers
Jul 20, 2017
What is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)?
CBO plays a vitally important role in the federal budget process.
Blog Posts
Jul 26, 2017
Five Things You May Not Know about Medicaid
There's ongoing discussion in Washington about making changes to Medicaid. Learn more about the program.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/07/five-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-medicaid
Analysis
Sep 5, 2017
Welcome Back, Congress
As Congress returns from its August recess, lawmakers face a to-do list filled with important fiscal deadlines.
Blog Posts
Sep 6, 2017
What’s the Difference between a Government Shutdown and the Debt Limit?
Debates over the debt ceiling and government shutdowns can be confusing, particularly in years when lawmakers must fund the government and raise the debt limit around the same time.
Blog Posts
Oct 5, 2017
Federal Budget Deficits Rising — Even Before Tax Cuts
The federal budget deficit rose to $666 billion for fiscal year 2017 — an increase of around $80 billion from the previous year.
https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2017/10/federal-budget-deficits-rising-even-before-tax-cuts
Events
Oct 23, 2017
A Sustainable Fiscal Future
Founder and Chairman Pete Peterson established the Foundation in 2008 to raise awareness of America’s long-term fiscal challenges and to find solutions to help build a growing, thriving economy.
https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/fiscal-summit/2017-fiscal-summit/a-sustainable-fiscal-future
Events
Oct 24, 2017
Congressional Leaders: Rising Debt and the Legislative Agenda
CNN chief political correspondent Dana Bash conducted one-on-one interviews with three leading voices in Congress: Senator John S. McCain (R-AZ), Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).