• The Democrats’ Spending Spree February 3, 2011 - Since he took office in January of 2009, President Obama has signed into law a massive spending spree that not only failed to deliver on its promise to create jobs, but also plunged us deeper into debt. The onslaught of new spending was primarily focused on special-interest spending for domestic gov... More

• Fact Sheet: The Fiscal Year 2011 Discretionary Spending Allocation to the Appropriations Committee February 3, 2011 - Pursuant to House Rules H.Res. 5 and spending reduction resolution H.Res. 38, the Budget Committee Chairman will file an allocation to set 2011 discretionary budget authority (BA) at $1,055 billion, which will produce savings of $74 billion compared to the President’s request.. Non-security discret... More

• Deficit Projection Nears $1.5 Trillion for Fiscal Year 2011 January 26, 2011 - In the wake of a Democratic Congress’s failure to produce a budget last year, the 112th Congress continues to face deficits approaching $1.5 trillion this year and exceeding $1 trillion next year, according to estimates released today by the Congressional Budget Office [CBO]. Beyond the near term, C... More

• House Republicans’ Spending Reduction Resolution January 25, 2011 - H.Res. 38 would direct the Budget Committee Chairman to set a limit to bring non-security discretionary spending back to the pre-stimulus, pre-bail-out 2008 levels. Because a Democratic Congress failed to produce, or even propose, a budget for this year, Congress is operating without a budget. No b... More

• Setting the Record Straight January 6, 2011 - Our dispute is not with the hard-working, non-partisan professionals at the Congressional Budget Office. CBO scores what is put in front of them – and what Democrats put in front of them last year was legislation packed with smoke and mirrors to hide the impact of trillions of dollars in new spendin... More

• House Rule and Interim Budget Enforcement January 3, 2011 - Brief Description. The House Rules package gives the Budget Committee chairman interim authority that only applies to the FY 2011 budget to file committee allocations and budget aggregates that would serve as the budget until Congress adopts a new budget. These allocations and aggregates would be e... More

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