House Report 111-704 - ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES One Hundred Eleventh Congress (Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))

[House Report 111-704]
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Union Calendar No. 427

111th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - House Report 111-704

ACTIVITIES
AND
SUMMARY REPORT
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

One Hundred Eleventh Congress

(Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))

January 3, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina, Chairman
ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin,
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio Ranking Minority Member
XAVIER BECERRA, California JEB HENSARLING, Texas
LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
MARION BERRY, Arkansas MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
ALLEN BOYD, Florida PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts CONNIE MACK, Florida
NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts JOHN CAMPBELL, California
BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina JIM JORDAN, Ohio
BETTY McCOLLUM, Minnesota DEVIN NUNES, California
JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama
ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut, STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio
CHET EDWARDS, Texas GREGG HARPER, Mississippi
ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, Virginia CHARLES K. DJOU, Hawaii
JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island
RICK LARSEN, Washington
TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin
GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
KURT SCHRADER, Oregon
DENNIS MOORE, Kansas

Professional Staff

Thomas S. Kahn, Staff Director and Chief Counsel
Austin Smythe, Minority Staff Director

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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House of Representatives,
Committee on the Budget,
Washington, DC, January 3, 2011.
Hon. Lorraine C. Miller, Clerk of the House of Representatives,
U.S. Capitol, Room H154, Washington, DC 20515-6601.
Dear Ms. Miller: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 1, paragraph
(d) of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I am
hereby transmitting the Activities Report of the Committee on
the Budget for the 111th Congress.
Sincerely,
John M. Spratt, Jr.,
Chairman.

Union Calendar No. 427
111th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 111-704

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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

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January 3, 2011.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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Mr. Spratt of South Carolina, from the Committee on the Budget,
submitted the following

R E P O R T

Jurisdiction and Functions of the Committee

The Committee on the Budget was established by the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The Budget Committee is
responsible for developing and reporting the annual
congressional budget resolution, assembling and reporting any
reconciliation legislation required by that resolution, and
implementing and governing the congressional budget process
generally.
The budget resolution provides an overall framework and
plan for action on spending, revenue, and debt limit
legislation. It sets ceilings on total budget authority and
outlays and a floor on total revenues. It also allocates
spending authority to the appropriations committees and among
the various authorizing committees that have jurisdiction over
direct spending programs. The limits and allocations set by the
budget resolution are enforced through points of order.
The budget may also include the optional reconciliation
process, which directs appropriate authorizing committees to
revise programs under their jurisdiction in order to adjust
either projected spending or revenues by specified amounts. If
more than one committee receives reconciliation instructions,
the Budget Committee is responsible for assembling the reports
submitted by the various committees for consideration on the
House floor.
In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee
also has responsibility for oversight and studies related to
the budget process.
The Budget Committee's jurisdictional statement for the
111th Congress, House Rule X, clause 1(d), is as follows:
(1) Concurrent resolutions on the budget (as defined in
section 3(4) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974), other
matters required to be referred to the committee under titles
III and IV of that Act, and other measures setting forth
appropriate levels of budget totals for the United States
Government.
(2) Budget process generally.
(3) Establishment, extension, and enforcement of special
controls over the Federal budget, including the budgetary
treatment of off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing
exemption from reduction under any order issued under part C of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

Summary of Activities

FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET RESOLUTION

On March 25, 2009, the House Budget Committee began
consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 85 (H. Con. Res.
85), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2010, with markup of the Chairman's mark. Of the twenty-eight
amendments offered for a vote, one was adopted. The Committee
agreed by voice vote to a Sense of House amendment offered by
Mr. Ryan and Ms. Moore on the need for legislative action to
ensure that states have necessary resources to collect child
support and that the support pass on to families without
financial penalty. By a vote of 24 to 15, the Committee on the
Budget voted to report out H. Con. Res. 85 favorably to the
House of Representatives and the report accompanying the
concurrent resolution, House Report 111-60, was timely filed.
The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 305, a rule
allowing consideration of H. Con. Res. 85, on March 31, 2009
(House Report 111-70). The rule provided for four hours of
general debate, with three hours controlled and equally divided
by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Budget Committee and
one hour controlled and equally divided by Ms. Maloney and Mr.
Brady of the Joint Economic Committee. The rule also allowed
for consideration of four alternative budgets: the Progressive
Caucus substitute offered by Ms. Woolsey; the Republican Study
Committee substitute offered by Mr. Jordan; the Congressional
Black Caucus substitute offered by Ms. Lee; and the Republican
substitute offered by Mr. Ryan. The House adopted H. Res. 305
on April 1, 2009.
Pursuant to H. Res. 305, the House began consideration of
H. Con. Res. 85 on April 1, 2009. On the same day, the
Committee on Rules also reported H. Res. 316 (House Report 111-
73), a rule declaring the House to be resolved into the
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for
further consideration of H. Con. Res. 85 and making it in order
to take from the Speaker's table Senate Concurrent Resolution
13 (S. Con. Res. 13) for consideration after adoption of H.
Con. Res. 85. The House adopted H. Res. 316 on April 2, 2009,
on a 242 to 182 vote.
All four budget substitutes made in order to H. Con. Res.
85 were defeated on recorded votes. H. Con. Res. 85 was agreed
to on a vote of 233 to 196 on April 2, 2009.
On March 27, 2009, the Senate Budget Committee reported as
an original measure S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010
budget resolution. On April 2, 2009, S. Con. Res. 13, as
amended, was agreed to in the Senate on a 55 to 43 vote. The
House received the message on Senate action April 21, 2009.
Pursuant to H. Res. 316, the House took from the Speaker's
table S. Con. Res. 13 on April 22, 2009, striking all after the
resolving clause and inserting the text of H. Con. Res. 85 as
adopted by the House while insisting on its amendment and
requesting a conference. The House then considered a motion
offered by Mr. Ryan to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 13,
which was defeated on a 196 to 227 vote. The Speaker appointed
conferees.
The Senate received the message on House action on April
23, 2009. The Senate disagreed with the House amendment and
agreed to a request for a conference. The Senate considered
motions to instruct conferees and appointed conferees. The
message on Senate action was sent to the House on April 24,
2009.
The conference report on S. Con. Res. 13 (House Report 111-
89) was filed April 27, 2009. The following day the Committee
on Rules reported H. Res. 371, a rule providing for the
consideration of the conference report on S. Con. Res. 13 that
allowed one hour of general debate.
Mr. Spratt brought up the conference report under the
provisions of H. Res. 371 and the House began to debate the
measure on April 28, 2009. On April 29, 2009, the House
continued debate and, on a 233 to 193 vote, adopted the
conference report. The Senate agreed to the conference report
on a 53 to 43 vote.

THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010

Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010
budget, included two reconciliation instructions. One
reconciliation instruction was written for the Committees on
Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means, and Education and Labor on
health care reform. The other reconciliation instruction was
written for the Committee on Education and Labor on education
investment.
On March 15, 2010, the Committee on the Budget met to
consider H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010, which packaged the reconciliation
submissions ``without any substantive revision'' per section
310(b)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. H.R. 4872
included the recommendations on health care reform submitted in
October of 2009 by the Committee on Ways and Means and the
recommendations on health care reform and education investment
submitted by the Committee on Education and Labor. The
Committee on Energy and Commerce did not submit any
recommendations.
The Committee on the Budget voted on a 21 to 16 margin to
report out H.R. 4872 favorably. Following the vote, the
Committee met to consider 20 non-binding motions directing the
Chairman to make specific requests of the Committee on Rules
regarding H.R. 4872, with 10 of the motions passing.
On March 17, 2010, the Committee on the Budget reported the
Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (House
Report 111-443). On March 21, 2010, the Committee on Rules
reported H. Res. 1203, a rule that provided for consideration
of H.R. 4872 with 2 hours of general debate. H. Res. 1203
passed on a 224 to 206 vote. Mr. Camp moved to recommit H.R.
4872 to the Committee on Budget and that motion was defeated on
a 199 to 232 vote.
H.R. 4872 passed the House by a 220 to 211 vote on March
21, 2010, and the bill was received in the Senate on March 23,
2010. The Senate then passed a motion to proceed to
consideration of H.R. 4872 on a 56 to 40 vote. On March 25,
2010, the Senate passed H.R. 4872 as amended on a 56 to 43 vote
and the message on Senate action was sent to the House.
On March 25, 2010, the House passed H. Res. 1225 (House
Report 111-458), a rule that made it in order to take from the
Speaker's table H.R. 4872 as amended by the Senate and consider
a motion by Mr. Miller to concur to the Senate amendments. The
rule provided 10 minutes of debate equally divided by the Chair
and Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor. The
motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments was agreed
to on a 220 to 207 vote. H. R. 4872 was signed by the President
and became Public Law No: 111-152 on March 30, 2010.

BUDGET ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011

On June 30, 2010, Mr. Spratt introduced H. Res. 1493, a
resolution providing for budget enforcement of allocations for
fiscal year 2011. On July 1, 2010, the Committee on Rules
reported H. Res. 1500 (House Report 111-552) which in part
provided that H. Res. 1493 be adopted and that House rules be
aligned with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. H. Res.
1500 passed the House on a 215 to 210 vote.
H. Res. 1493 includes discretionary and mandatory
allocations for fiscal year 2011 and an adjustment to fiscal
year 2010 discretionary allocations to allow for program
integrity initiatives under section 422(a) of S. Con. Res. 13,
the fiscal year 2010 concurrent resolution on the budget. The
resolution also includes provisions to align the rules of the
House of Representatives on Pay-As-You-Go enforcement (clause
10(a) of House rule XXI) with provisions of the Title I of H.
J. Res. 45, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (Public Law
No: 111-139). In addition, H. Res. 1493 includes policy
provisions on deficit reduction.

BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

The Committee on the Budget worked with authorizing
committees and the Appropriations Committee to monitor
legislation and evaluate its compliance with House rules, the
fiscal year 2010 budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 13), the
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (H. J. Res. 45; Public Law
No: 111-139), and the budget enforcement resolution for fiscal
year 2011 (H. Res. 1493).

Additional Matters Related to Budget Activities

HOUSE RULES

At the beginning of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the
House of Representatives adopted a resolution that included
several new budget enforcement provisions in addition to
standard House rules on budget enforcement. For the One Hundred
Eleventh Congress, the House continued the enforcement
provisions with certain amendments to the House Pay-As-You-Go
rule under H. Res. 5, a resolution amending provisions of the
standing rules of the House and including separate orders. The
House enforcement measures for the 111th Congress are as
follows:
Clause 7 of House Rule XXI provides that reconciliation
directives included in a budget resolution under the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) shall not increase a
deficit or decrease a surplus.
Clause 8 of House Rule XXI provides that, with respect to
measures considered pursuant to a special order of business,
points of order under the CBA shall operate without regard to
whether the measures concerned have been reported from a
committee.
Clause 10 of House Rule XXI consists of a Pay-As-You-Go
(PAYGO) rule requiring that mandatory spending increases and
revenue decreases be offset over two periods: (1) the current
fiscal year, the budget year set forth in the most recently
completed budget resolution, and the four fiscal years
following that budget year; and (2) the current fiscal year,
the budget year set forth in the most recently completed budget
resolution, and the nine fiscal years following that budget
year. Clause 10 also allows for one House-passed measure to
offset another House-passed measure if both measures are linked
upon engrossment. In addition, Clause 10 allows for emergency
exceptions to PAYGO for provisions designated as emergencies in
legislation. (Note that the House PAYGO rule was further
amended by H. Res. 1493, the resolution providing for budget
enforcement for fiscal year 2011.)
H. Res. 5 included separate orders relating to budget
process under section 3 of the resolution. Section 3 provides
the following: that references to resolutions in section 306 of
the CBA shall apply to only joint resolutions (not simple or
concurrent resolutions); that a point of order under section
303 of the CBA is applicable to text made in order as an
original bill by a special rule, or to the text on which the
previous question is ordered, whichever the case may be; and
that legislation establishing prospectively for a Federal
office or position a specified or minimum compensation to be
funded through annual appropriations shall not be construed to
provide new entitlement authority under the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974. Section 3 also creates a point of order,
with some exceptions, against a motion that the Committee of
the Whole rise to report a bill if the bill exceeds applicable
allocations of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974.

STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2010

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go was reinstated in February 2010
when President Obama signed into law H. J. Res. 45 which
included the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 under Title I.
The House of Representatives passed H. J. Res. 45 on February
2, 2010. The previous statutory PAYGO law, which was enacted in
1990 under the Budget Enforcement Act and extended in 1993 and
1997, expired in 2002.
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget
enforcement tools aimed at preventing increases in the deficit
or decreases in the budget surplus arising from the enactment
of direct spending or tax legislation. Generally the law
requires that the budgetary effects of direct spending or tax
legislation be recorded by the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) on scorecards covering five- and ten-year periods. If the
final OMB scorecards at the end of a Congress reflect a debit,
the President is required to issue a sequestration order making
across-the-board cuts to non-exempt direct spending programs
sufficient to cover the debit. The Act exempts designated
emergencies and four specified areas of legislation over a
limited time period. There is no expiration date in the Act.

OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

Under clause 1(d)(1) of House Rule X, a responsibility of
the Budget Committee is the development of a concurrent budget
resolution that sets spending and revenue levels in aggregate
and across all budget functions. The budget functions encompass
all Federal programs or activities other than those that are
defined as off-budget, such as Social Security and the Postal
Service, and those that are considered non-budgetary, such as
the Federal Reserve. The Committee's formal oversight
responsibility focuses on laws governing the budget process and
the agencies responsible for administering elements of those
laws. Under clauses 1(d)(2) and (3) of House Rule X, the major
laws falling within its oversight are the Budget and Accounting
Act of 1920, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and the
Emergency Balanced Budget and Deficit Control Act of 1985. The
two agencies with primary responsibility for administering
elements of these laws, and hence which fall under the
Committee's jurisdiction, are the Office of Management and
Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. In addition to
these general oversight responsibilities, the Budget Committee
has special oversight responsibility under clause 3 of House
Rule X to study the effect of budget outlays of existing and
proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies
to the House on a recurring basis.
The Committee met on January 22, 2009, to organize for the
111th Congress. In addition to adopting its rules of procedure,
the Committee adopted a written oversight plan. The priorities
of the oversight plan included holding hearings and receiving
testimony from Members of Congress, Cabinet-level and other
Federal officials, and expert witnesses to review the
President's budget submissions and other budget priorities;
assessing the performance of Federal agencies in both
administration and service delivery; studying the budgetary
effect of existing law and proposed legislation, as well as
government regulation, on government spending; and reviewing
views and estimates submitted by committees in development of
the concurrent resolution on the budget.
With regard to budget enforcement, the oversight plan
included ongoing oversight of the Office of Management and
Budget's budget activities under the Budget and Accounting Act
of 1920, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, and other applicable laws. The
oversight plan also outlined the necessity of studying
alternatives to improve ways in which Congress and the
President develop and enforce budgetary decisions and the
appropriateness and efficiency of tax incentives and direct
spending by the federal government. In addition, the plan
outlined the Committee's role in working with House committees
to help ensure compliance with budget laws and rules.
The Budget Committee's oversight plan proposed a total of
22 hearings for the 111th Congress. The Committee exceeded this
plan by holding a total of 30 hearings for the 111th Congress
(excluding hearings designated for Members' days).

BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS
[The following is a complete list of hearings held by the Committee on
the Budget during the 111th Congress]
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Serial
Date No. Title Witnesses
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FIRST SESSION

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1/27/2009 111-1 The Economic Douglas Elmendorf PH.D.,
Outlook and Director, Congressional
Budget Budget Office; Alice
Challenges Rivlin PH.D., Senior
Fellow, Brookings
Institution; Mark Zandi
PH.D., Chief Economist
and Cofounder, Moody's
Economy.com; Laurence
Meyer PH.D., Vice
Chairman, Macroeconomic
Advisers, LLC; Kevin
Hassett PH.D., Senior
Fellow and Director of
Economic Policy Studies,
American Enterprise
Institute

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2/4/2009 111-2 Long-term Stephen Daggett,
Sustainability Specialist in Defense
of Current Policy and Budgets,
Defense Plans Congressional Research
Service; J. Michael
Gilmore, Assistant
Director for National
Security, Congressional
Budget Office

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3/3/2009 111-3 The President's The Honorable Peter
Fiscal Year Orszag, Director, Office
2010 Budget of Management and Budget

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3/5/2009 111-4 Treasury The Honorable Timothy F.
Department Geithner, Secretary,
Fiscal Year Department of the
2010 Budget Treasury

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3/12/2009 111-5 Education The Honorable Arne Duncan,
Department Secretary, Department of
Fiscal Year Education
2010 Budget

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3/13&19/2009 111-6 Members' Day House Members invited

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3/18/2009 111-7 Department of Panel I: The Honorable
Defense Fiscal Robert Hale, Under
Year 2010 Secretary of Defense
Budget (Comptroller), Department
of Defense
Panel II: Michael
Sullivan, Director,
Acquisition and Sourcing
Management, Government
Accountability Office

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4/12/2009 111-8 Building a Sharon Parrott, Director
Foundation for of the Welfare Reform and
Families: Income Support Division,
Fighting Center on Budget and
Hunger, Policy Priorities;
Investing in Deborah A. Frank M.D.,
Children Founder and Principal
Investigator of the
Children's Sentinel
Nutrition Assessment
Program and the Growth
and Development Program,
Boston Medical Center;
Leon Lott, Sheriff,
Richland County, South
Carolina; Douglas J.
Besharov, Senior Scholar,
American Enterprise
Institute

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5/17/2009 111-9 Budgeting for Debra L. Miller,
Transportation Secretary, Kansas
: Financing Department of
Investments in Transportation; Dr.
Highways and Robert D. Atkinson,
Mass Transit Chairman, National
Surface Transportation
Infrastructure Financing
Commission; Tyler Duvall,
Consultant, Former
Assistant Secretary for
Transportation Policy

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5/21/2009 111-10 The State of Douglas Elmendorf PH.D.,
the Economy Director, The
Congressional Budget
Office

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6/3/2009 111-11 Challenges The Honorable Benjamin S.
Facing the Bernanke PH.D., Chairman,
Economy: The Board of Governors of the
View of the Federal Reserve System
Federal
Reserve

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6/19/2009 111-12 The Economic Dr. Christina Romer,
Case for Chair, Council of
Health Reform Economic Advisers

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6/25/2009 111-13 Statutory PAYGO Panel I: The Honorable
Peter Orszag, Director,
Office of Management and
Budget
Panel II: Robert
Greenstein, Executive
Director, Center on
Budget and Policy
Priorities; Douglas Holtz-
Eakin PH.D., Former
Director, Congressional
Budget Office; Alice M.
Rivlin PH.D., Senior
Fellow, The Brookings
Institution, Unable to
appear in person

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7/16/2009 111-14 Budgeting for Christopher A. Kouts,
Nuclear Waste Acting Director, Office
Management of Civilian Radioactive
Waste Management,
Department of Energy;
Michael F. Hertz, Deputy
Assistant Attorney
General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice;
Kim P. Cawley, Unit
Chief, Natural and
Physical Resources Cost
Estimates Unit,
Congressional Budget
Office

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7/24/2009 111-15 The Recovery The Honorable Ken Salazar,
Act: Secretary, Department of
Strengthening the Interior; The
Our Economy Honorable Tom Vilsack,
Secretary, Department of
Agriculture; The
Honorable Ray LaHood,
Secretary, Department of
Transportation

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10/14/2009 111-16 The Cost of Stephen Daggett,
Current Specialist in Defense
Defense Plans: Policy and Budgets,
An Analysis of Congressional Research
Budget Issues Service; Matthew
Goldberg, Acting
Assistant Director for
National Security,
Congressional Research
Service

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11/17/2009 111-17 Building an The Honorable Jeffrey D.
Executive- Zients, Deputy Director
Legislative for Management and Chief
Partnership Performance Officer,
for Office of Management and
Performance Budget
Budgeting

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12/9/2009 111-18 The Social LaDonna Pavetti, Director
Safety Net: Welfare Reform and Income
Impact of the Support Division, Center
Recession and on Budget and Policy
of the Priorities; Sue
Recovery Act Berkowitz, Director and
Attorney, South Carolina
Appleseed Legal Justice
Center; Pat Delessio,
Attorney, Legal Action of
Wisconsin; Ron Haskins,
Senior Fellow, Economic
Studies, Co-Director,
Center on Children and
Families, The Brookings
Institution

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SECOND SESSION

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1/21/2010 111-19 Perspectives on Mr. John Podesta,
Long-Term President and CEO, Center
Deficits for American Progress;
Mr. Robert Greenstein,
Founder and Executive
Director, Center on
Budget and Policy
Priorities; Ms. Maya
MacGuineas, President,
Committee for a
Responsible Federal
Budget, Director, Fiscal
Policy Program, New
America Foundation; Mr.
James C. Capretta,
Fellow, Ethics and Public
Policy Center

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1/27/2010 111-20 The Budget and Douglas Elmendorf PH.D.,
Economic Director, The
Outlook Congressional Budget
Office

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2/2/2010 111-21 The President's The Honorable Peter
Fiscal Year Orszag, Director, Office
2011 Budget of Management and Budget

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2/24/2010 111-22 Department of The Honorable Timothy F.
the Treasury Geithner, Secretary,
Fiscal Year Department of the
2011 Budget Treasury

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2/25/2010 111-23 Department of The Honorable Arne Duncan,
Education Secretary, Department of
Fiscal Year Education; Mr. Thomas P.
2011 Budget Skelly, Director, Budget
Service, Department of
Education

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3/3/2010 111-24 Members' Day House Members invited to
testify

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3/4/2010 111-25 Department of The Honorable William J.
Defense Fiscal Lynn III, Deputy
Year 2011 Secretary of Defense,
Budget Department of Defense;
The Honorable Robert F.
Hale, Under Secretary of
Defense (Comptroller),
Department of Defense

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6/9/2010 111-26 State of the The Honorable Ben S.
Economy: View Bernanke PH.D., Chairman,
from the Board of Governors of the
Federal Federal Reserve System
Reserve

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6/17/2010 111-27 The Mr. Jeffery Liebman,
Administration Acting Deputy Director,
's Expedited Office of Management and
Rescission Budget
Proposal

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7/1/2010 111-28 Perspectives on Martin Baily PH.D., Senior
the U.S. Fellow, Brookings
Economy Institution; Mark Zanti
PH.D., Chief Economist,
Moody's Analytics; John
Taylor PH.D., Senior
Fellow, Hoover
Institution

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7/14/2010 111-29 The American The Honorable Tom Vilsack,
Recovery and Secretary, Department of
Reinvestment Agriculture; Mr. Matt
Act of 2009: Rodgers, Senior Advisor
An Update to the Secretary of
Energy, Department of
Energy; Josh Bivens
PH.D., Economist and
Research Fellow, Economic
Policy Institute;
Veronique de Rugy PH.D.,
Senior Research Fellow,
Mercatus Center

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7/27/2010 111-30 Budget Panel I: Kristina M.
Implications Johnson PH.D., Under
of Closing Secretary, Department of
Yucca Mountain Energy; Mr. Scott Blake
Harris, General Counsel,
Department of Energy; Mr.
Michael F. Hertz, Deputy
Assistant Attorney
General, Department of
Justice, Civil Division
Panel II: Mr. David A.
Wright, Vice Chairman,
Public Service Commission
of South Carolina

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9/22/2010 111-31 Budgeting for Mr. Bob Perrin, President,
Education: The Williams & Fudge, Inc.
Role of and the Coalition of
Perkins Loans Higher Education
Assistance Organization;
Ms. Sarah Bauder,
Assistant Vice President,
Enrollment Services and
Financial Aid, University
of Maryland; Mr. Joseph
Hill, Senior, Georgetown
University

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9/30/2010 111-32 Defense Todd Harrison, Senior
Department Fellow, Defense Budget
Budget Studies, Center for
Initiatives Strategic Budget
Assessments; John (Bob)
R. Wood, Lieutenant
General (Ret.) Army, Star
Strategies Group; Stan Z.
Soloway, President & CEO,
Professional Services
Council; Jacqueline
Simon, Public Policy
Director, American
Federation of Government
Employees, AFL-CIO
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF MEASURES ON WHICH ACTION WAS TAKEN
[The Committee on Budget acted on the following legislative measures]

FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET RESOLUTION
House Concurrent Resolution 85

3/27/2009 Introduced in House
3/27/2009 The House Committee on the Budget reported an original
measure, H. Rept. 111-60, by Mr. Spratt.
4/2/2009 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the
resolution, agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233-196
(roll call no. 192)

Senate Concurrent Resolution 13

3/27/2009 Introduced in Senate
3/27/2009 Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to
Senate by Senator Conrad under authority of the order
of the Senate of 03/26/2009. Without written report.
4/2/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in
Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 55-43
4/22/2009 The House struck all after the enacted clause and
inserted in lieu thereof a similar measure, H.Con.Res.
85. Agreed to without objection
Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees.
Motion failed by a Yea-Nay Vote: 196-277 (roll call no.
198)
4/27/2009 Conference report H. Rept. 111-89 filed
4/29/2009 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the
conference report, agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233-
193
4/29/2009 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to
conference report by Yea-Nay Vote: 53-43

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THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010

3/17/2010 Introduced in House
3/17/2010 The House Committee on the Budget reported an original
measure, H. Rept. 111-443, by Mr. Spratt
3/21/2010 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage, passed by
recorded vote: 220-211
3/25/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with
amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 56-43
3/25/2010 Resolving differences--House actions: On motion that the
House agree to the Senate amendments, agreed to by the
Yeas and Nays: 220-207
3/25/2010 Cleared for White House.
3/30/2010 Presented to President.
3/30/2010 Signed by President.
3/30/2010 Became Public Law No: 111-152

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BUDGET ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011
6/30/2010 Introduced in House
7/1/2010 Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to the provisions of
H. Res. 1500, H. Res. 1493 is considered passed House.

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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET
[The following is a complete list of measures that were referred to the Committee on the Budget]
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Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title
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H.R.1 Rep Obey, David R. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
H.R.107 Rep Flake, Jeff Securing Medicare and Retirement for Tomorrow Act of 2009
H.R.236 Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny Social Security Protection Act of 2009
H.R.311 Rep Brady, Kevin Spending Reform Act of 2009
H.R.483 Rep Poe, Ted Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2009
H.R.534 Rep Neugebauer, Randy Responsible Government Empowerment Act of 2009
H.R.654 Rep Lee, Barbara Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2009
H.R.797 Rep Calvert, Ken Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2009
H.R.835 Rep Poe, Ted Dollar Bill Act of 2009
H.R.861 Rep Minnick, Walter Strategic Targeted American Recovery and Transition Act
H.R.943 Rep Bachmann, Michele Truth in Accounting Act of 2009
H.R.1105 Rep Obey, David R. Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009
H.R.1276 Rep Moore, Dennis Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of
2009
H.R.1294 Rep Ryan, Paul Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2009
H.R.1390 Rep Buchanan, Vern Earmark Accountability and Reform Act of 2009
H.R.1404 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act
H.R.1557 Rep Cooper, Jim SAFE Commission Act
H.R.1648 Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. Fiscal Integrity Through Transparency and Technology (FITT)
Act of 2009
H.R.1721 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. CLASS Act
H.R.1814 Rep Barrett, J. Gresham Taxpayer Empowerment and Advocacy Act of 2009
H.R.2116 Rep Hill, Baron P. Fiscal Honesty and Accountability Act of 2009
H.R.2169 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009
H.R.2227 Rep Murphy, Tim American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act
H.R.2255 Rep Foxx, Virginia Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009
H.R.2512 Rep Flake, Jeff To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit
the consideration in the House of Representatives or the
Senate of measures that appropriate funds for earmarks to
private, for-profit entities.
H.R.2920 Rep Hoyer, Steny H. Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009
H.R.3148 Rep Christensen, Donna M. To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting
the scoring of preventive health savings.
H.R.3200 Rep Dingell, John D. America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009
H.R.3233 Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. Predictable, Equitable, and Transparent (PET) Project Act
of 2009
H.R.3268 Rep Reichert, David G. Earmark Transparency and Accountability Reform Act
H.R.3298 Rep Jordan, Jim Discretionary Spending Control Act of 2009
H.R.3310 Rep Bachus, Spencer Consumer Protection and Regulatory Enhancement Act
H.R.3350 Rep Jenkins, Lynn Debt Accountability Act
H.R.3385 Rep Barton, Joe To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund
to promote recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other
purposes.
H.R.3400 Rep Price, Tom Empowering Patients First Act
H.R.3442 Rep Hodes, Paul W. To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985 to establish discretionary spending caps for
each of fiscal years 2011 through 2013.
H.R.3772 Rep Davis, Danny K. Children's Budget Act
H.R.3962 Rep Dingell, John D. Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries
and Pension Relief Act of 2010
H.R.3964 Rep Hensarling, Jeb Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009
H.R.4170 Rep Hodes, Paul W. Stop Any TARP Extension Act of 2009
H.R.4173 Rep Frank, Barney Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
H.R.4191 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act
of 2009
H.R.4249 Rep McHenry, Patrick T. Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act
H.R.4262 Rep Scalise, Steve CAP the DEBT Act
H.R.4291 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job Creation Act
H.R.4308 Rep Posey, Bill Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act
H.R.4408 Rep Gohmert, Louie Within Our Means Budget (WOMB) Act of 2009
H.R.4479 Rep Forbes, J. Randy Tighten Washington's Belt Act of 2010
H.R.4481 Rep Lance, Leonard Deficit Reduction Act of 2009
H.R.4525 Rep Wilson, Joe To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the
eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay
and veterans' disability compensation to include all
members of the uniformed services who are retired under
chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the
members' disability rating percentage.
H.R.4529 Rep Ryan, Paul Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2010
H.R.4587 Rep Neugebauer, Randy Cap Spending to Reduce Borrowing Act
H.R.4631 Rep Alexander, Rodney To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to
require that annual budget submissions of the President to
Congress provide certain information regarding companies
in which the Government holds stock, and for other
purposes.
H.R.4646 Rep Fattah, Chaka Debt Free America Act
H.R.4652 Rep Blumenauer, Earl Columbia River Restoration Act of 2010
H.R.4653 Rep Garrett, Scott Accurate Accounting of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Act
H.R.4691 Rep Rangel, Charles B. Temporary Extension Act of 2010
H.R.4692 Rep Lipinski, Daniel National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010
H.R.4783 Rep Levin, Sander M. Claims Resolution Act of 2010
H.R.4831 Rep Gingrey, Phil Earmark Reform Act of 2010
H.R.4851 Rep Levin, Sander M. Continuing Extension Act of 2010
H.R.4856 Rep Donnelly, Joe Forecast for the Future Act of 2010
H.R.4868 Rep Frank, Barney Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2010
H.R.4871 Rep Kratovil, Frank, Jr. Spending Reduction Act of 2010
H.R.4883 Rep Barton, Joe STRONG Budget Act of 2010
H.R.4899 Rep Obey, David R. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
H.R.4910 Rep Burton, Dan To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
and enact the Empowering Patients First Act in order to
provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage.
H.R.4921 Rep Minnick, Walter Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010
H.R.4931 Rep Klein, Ron To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require
that the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2012 include a benchmark plan to eliminate the budget
deficit by fiscal year 2020 and that subsequent
resolutions adhere to that plan.
H.R.4939 Rep Murphy, Tim Social Security and Medicare Protection Act
H.R.4944 Rep Wilson, Joe Siding with America's Patients Act
H.R.4994 Rep Lewis, John Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010
H.R.5008 Rep Markey, Betsy Targeted Deficit Reduction Act of 2010
H.R.5061 Rep Speier, Jackie San Francisco Bay Improvement Act of 2010
H.R.5090 Rep Polis, Jared NEW Schools Act
H.R.5202 Rep Chu, Judy National School Lunch Protection Act of 2010
H.R.5258 Rep Cassidy, Bill Earmark Transparency Act of 2010
H.R.5323 Rep Smith, Lamar Save America's Future Economy Act of 2010
H.R.5325 Rep Gordon, Bart America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
H.R.5453 Rep Heller, Dean Protecting Against Indebting our Descendants through Fully
Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act of 2010
H.R.5454 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010
H.R.5499 Rep Mica, John L. To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize
advances from Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund for the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
H.R.5504 Rep Miller, George Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act
H.R.5536 Rep Flake, Jeff Debt Buy-Down Act
H.R.5569 Rep Waters, Maxine National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010
H.R.5618 Rep McDermott, Jim Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of
2010
H.R.5623 Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010
H.R.5647 Rep Heller, Dean Responsible COBRA, Unemployment, and Poverty Extension Act
H.R.5712 Rep Levin, Sander M. Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010
H.R.5745 Rep Lewis, Jerry Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010
H.R.5752 Rep Quigley, Mike Transparent and Sustainable Budget Act of 2010
H.R.5775 Rep Sestak, Joe To require the establishment of a commission on earmark
reform, to consolidate and streamline the grants
management structure of the Federal Government, and for
other purposes.
H.R.5818 Rep Garrett, Scott Mandate Prevention Act of 2010
H.R.5875 Rep Price, David E. Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act,
2010
H.R.5876 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2010
H.R.5893 Rep Levin, Sander M. Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of
2010
H.R.5901 Rep Crowley, Joseph Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2010
H.R.5954 Rep Giffords, Gabriel Truth in Spending Act of 2010
H.R.5979 Rep Upton, Fred United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation
Establishment Act of 2010
H.R.5982 Rep Levin, Sander M. Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2010
H.R.6080 Rep Price, David E. Making emergency supplemental appropriations for border
security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010,
and for other purposes.
H.R.6186 Rep Posey, Bill Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act
H.R.6213 Rep Michaud, Michael H. To address the reporting requirement burden on small
businesses, and for other purposes.
H.R.6320 Rep Courtney, Joe Small Business Export Support Act of 2010
H.R.6396 Rep Lofgren, Zoe To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll,
during active-duty service abroad in the Armed Forces, the
periods of time to file a petition and appear for an
interview to remove the conditional basis for permanent
resident status, and for other purposes.
H.R.6397 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act
H.R.6401 Rep Dreier, David Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2010
H.R.6402 Rep Larson, John B. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce oil
consumption and improve energy security, and for other
purposes.
H.R.6427 Rep Dingell, John D. Medicare Physician Payment Update Extension Act
H.R.6467 Rep Levin, Sander M. Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010
H.Con.Res.234 Rep Tiahrt, Todd Expressing the sense of Congress that there should be a
freeze on new discretionary non-defense, non-homeland
security, non-intelligence spending whenever there is a
Federal budget deficit.
H.Con.Res.281 Rep Jordan, Jim Establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2011, revising the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2010, and setting forth
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2012
through 2020.
H.Res.1289 Rep Goodlatte, Bob Expressing the sense of the House that Democratic Members
of the House should join Republican Members of the House
in a total ban on earmarks for one year, that total
discretionary spending should be reduced by the amount
saved by earmark moratoriums, and that a bipartisan,
bicameral committee should be created to review and
overhaul the budgetary, spending, and earmark processes.
H.Res.1492 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.
H.Res.1493 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.
S.685 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010
S.2925 Sen Wyden, Ron Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims
Support Act of 2010
S.3307 Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
S.3689 Sen Leahy, Patrick J. Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of
2010
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COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS
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Date Title
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FIRST SESSION
Publications

January 7, 2009 CBO Report Confirms President Bush's Fiscal Legacy
January 22, 2009 Letter from OMB Director to Chairman Spratt about
economic recovery proposal
January 27, 2009 Analysis of Top Economists Supports Effectiveness of
House Economic Recovery Package
March 25, 2009 Key Features of the Chairman's Mark: Fiscal Year
2010 Budget Resolution
March 25, 2009 Budget Authority and Outlay Numbers in the
Chairman's Mark
March 31, 2009 Fact Sheets on the FY 2010 Budget Resolution--
H.Con.Res. 85
April 27, 2009 Fact Sheets on the FY 2010 Budget Resolution
Conference Report--S.Con.Res. 13
May 2009 Views and Estimates of the Committees of the House
May 15, 2009 Summary and Analysis of the President's Detailed
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request
June 8, 2009 Federal Reserve Chairman Testifies on Economic
Recovery
July 29, 2009 House Budget Committee Hearing on the Recovery Act:
Strengthening Our Economy
July 31, 2009 Frequently Asked Questions about the Federal Budget

Reports

March 27, 2009 HouseReport111-60:CommitteeReportontheConcurrentReso
lutionontheBudget--FiscalYear2010

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SECOND SESSION
Publications

January 26, 2010 CBO Forecasts Economic Recovery, Fiscal Challenges
February 4, 2010 Summary and Analysis of the President's Fiscal Year
2011 Budget
March 2010 Views and Estimates of Committees of the House
June 10, 2010 Excerpts from Fed. Chair Ben Bernanke's Testimony at
a Hearing on the State of the Economy
July 15, 2010 Democrats Have a Budget Plan
July 30, 2010 District Work Period Packet: The Democratic Record
on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Recovery

Reports

March 17, 2010 House Report 111-443: The Reconciliation Act of 2010
(volume 1 and volume 2)
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House Budget Committee Minority Caucus Publications

The following miscellaneous documents were prepared by the
staff of the Minority Caucus of the Committee on the Budget.
These publications were not approved by the full Membership of
the Committee.

FIRST SESSION

The Budget and House Rules: For the 111th Congress [1/06/2009]
Pay-As-You-Go: The Rule, or The Exception? [1/06/2009]
CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook: Deficit Approaches $1.2
Trillion [1/07/2009]
Root Causes of the Financial Crisis: The Role of Government
Policy [1/08/2009]
SCHIP Reauthorization: Worsening the Entitlement Crisis, Hiding
the True Cost [1/14/2009]
An $825-Billion `Stimulus': HBC Stimulus Analysis [1/16/2009]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: `Stimulus,' or Just
Borrow and Spend? [1/27/2009]
SCHIP Reauthorization: Another Entitlement Train Wreck [2/04/
2009]
The Cost of Extending the `stimulus': A Preliminary Analysis
[2/05/2009]
What Stimulus Will Cost American Families: Cost of Stimulus Per
Family [2/06/2009]
CBO Letters on Stimulus Bill: Cost of Extension of the Stimulus
[2/11/2009]
CBO Letters on Stimulus Bill: Cost of Debt Service on HR. 1 [2/
12/2009]
The `Stimulus' Conference Report: Final Report on HR 1 [2/13/
2009]
Health Care Power Grab: Part 3: Economic `Stimulus' [2/13/2009]
Health Care Power Grab: Part 2: The SCHIP Program [2/13/2009]
Health Care Power Grab: Part 1: The Medicare Trigger [2/13/
2009]
FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations: Still more spending--And more
debt [2/24/2009]
The President's Budget--For Fiscal Year 2010 [2/26/2009]
President Obama's 2010 Budget--An Analysis [2/26/2009]
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2010--The Good, The Bad,
The Ugly [2/27/2009]
Obama Budget Outspends Liberal Democrats--Budget Committee--
Republican Staff [3/04/2009]
Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst--An Economic `Stress
Test' of the Administration's Budget [3/05/2009]
War Games--The President's Budget and $1.5 Trillion in War
`Savings' [3/13/2009]
Obama Redux: The Chairman's Mark for the FY2010 Budget [3/25/
2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: Legislative Text [4/01/2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: Two Budgets: A Comparison [4/
01/2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: Summary of the Republican
Alternative [4/01/2009]
The Path to American Prosperity: THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET
ALTERNATIVE [4/01/2009]
Minority Views Summary: Minority Views [4/01/2009]
The Obama-Democratic Budget: A Deluge of Dollars and Debt [4/
22/2009]
The President's First 100 Days: And the Budget [4/28/2009]
The Obama-Democratic Budget: Fact Sheet: Conference Report
S.Con.Res 13 [4/28/2009]
The Obama Plan for Spending, Taxes, and Debt: Conference Report
S.Con.Res 13 [4/28/2009]
The Obama Administration's: ``Terminations, Reductions, &
Savings'' [5/07/2009]
Emergency Supplemental: Fiscal Year 2008--H.R. 2346 [5/14/2009]
The Administration's IMF Proposals: International Monetary Fund
Proposals [6/03/2009]
The Administration's Pay-Go Proposal: Analysis [6/09/2009]
Appropriations Growth in Fiscal Year 2010: Fiscal Year 2010
Appropriations [6/11/2009]
Emergency Supplemental: Conference Report H.R. 2346 [6/16/2009]
Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriation: First Installment
of the 2010 Spending Hike HR 2847 [6/16/2009]
Legislative Branch Appropriations: A 7-Percent Increase for
Congress HR 2918 [6/18/2009]
Homeland Security Appropriations: Spending to Increase by 1
Percent [6/24/2009]
Interior, Environment, and Related Appropriations: Spending to
Increase by 17 Percent [6/25/2009]
The Costs of `Cap-and-Trade': `Cap-and-Trade' Analysis [6/26/
2009]
Agriculture Appropriations: A Spending Increase of 11.9 Percent
[7/07/2009]
State-Foreign Operations Appropriations: A 33-Percent Hike for
International Programs [7/07/2009]
Military Construction / Veterans Affairs Appropriations:
Veterans / Defense Facilities Get a 5--Percent Increase
[7/10/2009]
Democrats' Statutory PAYGO: CBO Analysis of House Democrats'
PAYGO [7/14/2009]
Democrats' Statutory PAYGO: Ryan Letter to Pelosi on Budget
Committee Shutout [7/14/2009]
Energy and Water Appropriations: Flat Funding After Large
`Stimulus' Boost [7/14/2009]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations:
Spending Rises 6.4 Percent [7/15/2009]
The House `Tri-Comm' Bill: A New Trillion--Dollar Health Care
Entitlement [7/16/2009]
The House `Tri-Comm' Bill (UPDATED): A New Trillion--Dollar
Health Care Entitlement [7/21/2009]
The Democratic Pay-Go Legislation: A Facade of Fiscal
Responsibility [7/22/2009]
Republican Pay-Go Substitute: The Budget Control Act of 2009
[7/22/2009]
Transportation and HUD Appropriations: Another 25-Percent
Increase [7/23/2009]
Labor--HHS--Education Appropriations: Spending Rises By 7.3
Percent [7/24/2009]
Democratic Health Care Bill: Hiding the Cost of the `Doc Fix'
[7/24/2009]
Defense Appropriations: A 4-Percent Increase for Defense [7/28/
2009]
New Spending, More Programs: In Student Aid `Deficit Reduction'
Bill [7/30/2009]
AUGUST RECESS PACKET: Budget Status Report [7/31/2009]
Contingent Liabilities: More Bailouts to Come? [8/04/2009]
Points to Consider: The Forthcoming Mid-Session Review [8/20/
2009]
CBO/OMB Mid-Session Review: Growing Deficits and Debt [8/25/
2009]
Medicare Savings for Health Care: Can Congress Stay the Course?
[9/17/2009]
Continuing Resolution/Legislative Branch Appropriations:
Congress Takes Care of Its Own [9/25/2009]
Bigger Government: CHARTS AND GRAPHS [9/30/2009]
Bigger Government: The Growing Federal Bureaucracy [9/30/2009]
Agriculture Appropriations--Conf. Report: A 14-Percent Spending
Increase [10/07/2009]
President's SAVE Award: Rep. Ryan's Suggestions [10/15/2009]
Homeland Security Appropriations--Conf. Report: Spending to
Increase by 1.5 Percent [10/15/2009]
The Democrats' $247 Billion: Doc Fix Exemption [10/21/2009]
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Fact Sheet [11/03/
2009]
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Legislative Text [11/
03/2009]
Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Legislative Summary
[11/03/2009]
The House Health Care Bill: A Costly Government Takeover of
Americans' Health Care [11/03/2009]
The House Health Care Bill: The Democrats' $279-Billion `Doc
Fix' Shell Game [11/06/2009]
The House Democratic Health Care Bill: PRESENTATION [11/16/
2009]
Congressional Budget Office Confirms: CBO Report [11/19/2009]
Congressional Budget Office Confirms: Democratic Health Care
Bill Increases Deficit [11/19/2009]
Trouble Asset Relief Program [TARP]: A New Slush Fund for
Washington [12/08/2009]
Omnibus Appropriations: A 12-Percent Increase for Congress's
Still Unfinished Business [12/10/2009]
Defense Appropriations: Saving the Most Important for Last [12/
16/2009]
More `Stimulus,' Debt, and Stopgap Spending: The Four-Bill
Endgame [12/16/2009]
Budget Year-End Review: The Democrats' Year of Big Spending,
Big Debt, Big Government [12/18/2009]

SECOND SESSION

CBO's Budget & Economic Outlook: Another Trillion Dollar
Deficit [1/26/2010]
President's Budget FY2011: Charts and Graphs [2/1/2010]
President's Budget FY2011: Summary Document [2/1/2010]
President's Budget FY2011: The Relentless Growth of Government
[2/1/2010]
Borrow-As-You-Go: Another Debt Ceiling Increase, Behind the
PAY-GO Facade [2/3/2010]
Health Care Summit: Hiding Spending is Not Reducing Spending:
[2/24/2010]
Treasury and GAO Budget Outlook: Trillions of Unfunded
Liabilities [3/05/2010]
CBO Analysis of Obama FY2011 Budget: Charts and Graphs [3/05/
2010]
CBO Analysis of Obama FY2011 Budget: CBO Analysis [3/05/2010]
House Committee GOP Ranking Members: Endorse Immediate Earmark
Moratorium [3/11/2010]
The Challenge of Passing Health Care: Through Reconciliation
[3/12/2010]
Health Care Reconciliation: A Broken Process With Costly
Consequences (Minority Views) [3/18/
Health Care Reconciliation: CBO Cost Estimate of HR 4872 [3/19/
2010]
Health Care Reconciliation: Graphs/Charts [3/19/2010]
Health Care Reconciliation: Health Legislation Increases
Deficits [3/19/2010]
Statutory PAYGO and Health Care Reform: Letter to Director
Orszag [3/19/2010]
Statutory PAYGO and Health Care Reform: HBC Analysis [3/20/
2010]
The Budget and Health Care Legislation: Top Ten Problems [3/20/
2010]
A Review of the Legislation As Enacted: The Costly Consequences
of Health Care Reform [4/7/2010]
And No Congressional Budget: Tax Day [4/15/2010]
It's Congress' Responsibility to Produce a Budget: House GOP
Letter to Speaker Pelosi [4/15/2010]
CMS and CBO Confirm Higher Costs and Higher Taxes: Broken
Promises on Health Care [4/23/2010]
Roadmap's Financial Effects on Social Security: Social Security
Office of the Chief Actuary [4/27/2010]
Ryan, Hensarling, Garrett Letter to Geithner: Ryan Disputes GM
Repayment Claims; Calls for Clarity and Transparency
[4/28/2010]
Advertised Cost vs. True Cost of Overhaul: CBO's Revised Cost
Estimate of Health Care Overhaul: $115 Billion In
Additional Spending [5/11/2010]
Republican Spending Reduction Proposals: ``Cut Spending Now''
[5/25/2010]
Full Analysis: More Taxes, More Spending, and More Debt: H.R.
4213, The Deficit-Extenders Bill [5/27/2010]
Debt Threat Charts: The Perils of Rising Government Debt [5/27/
2010]
Economic Analysis of Looming Debt Crisis: The Perils of Rising
Government Debt [5/27/2010]
Final Update: Still More Taxes, More Spending, and More Debt:
H.R. 4213, The Deficit-Extenders Bill Now'' [5/28/2010]
The Need to Tackle Washington's Debt Crisis: The Democrats'
Budget Failure [5/28/2010]
Discretionary Spending Increases: The Democrats' Discretionary
Spending [6/4/2010]
Need Results Not More Rhetoric: Administration's ``Savings''
Proposal [6/8/2010]
Charts and Graphs: Hearing: State of the Economy with Federal
Reserve Chairman Bernanke [6/9/2010]
Obamacare: Three Months of Broken Promises: Report from
Republican Leader John Boehner [6/23/2010]
Setting the record straight on Democrats' unprecedented budget
failure: Spending--And Spinning--Out of Control [6/28/
2010]
Ranking Member Paul Ryan Echoes Call to Chart a New Course: CBO
Rings Latest Fiscal Alarm [6/30/2010]
An Admission of Fiscal Failure: The Majority's Budget Deemer
[6/30/2010]
Complications and Budget Gimmicks: The Dodd-Frank Financial
Regulation Bill [7/2/2010]
Analysis: The Debt Keeps Mounting OMB's Mid-Session Review [7/
23/2010]
Military Construction/ Veterans Affairs Appropriation:
Appropriations Update [7/27/2010]
Transportation-HUD Appropriation: Appropriations Update [7/28/
2010]
Summary: The Illusions of Pay-Go [7/29/2010]
Higher Deficits & Debt--But Where Are The Jobs?: Ranking Member
Paul Ryan on CBO Budget Update [8/19/2010]
Deficits and Debt Explode; Jobs and Economy Stagnate: The
Looming Lost Decade [8/19/2010]
Washington Partisans Continue Irresponsible Attacks: Ryan Calls
for Adult Conversation & Principled Leadership; [8/27/
2010]
Camp, Lewis & Ryan Letter: Call for Bipartisan Push to Restrain
Spending, Prevent Tax Hikes, Spur Job Creation [9/13/
2010]
Small Businesses Struggle, While Congress Spends Freely: The
Small Business Jobs and Credit Act [9/22/2010]
Understanding the Tax Debate: The Impact of Looming Tax
Increases [9/23/2010]
More Spending, Taxes, Deficits, and Debt: The Budget Record of
the 111th Congress [9/29/2010]
Setting the Record Straight: The Bipartisan Case for
Entitlement Reform [10/1/2010]
The Draconian Do-Nothing Plan: Social Security [10/7/2010]
Appropriations Analysis: The Continuing Resolution for Fiscal
Year 2011[10/8/2010]
Treasury Reports $1.3 Trillion Deficit: Ryan: Too Much
Spending, Too Few Jobs [10/15/2010]
Paul Ryan's Invitation for Solutions: Met (again) with
Misleading Attacks [10/21/2010]
Projections for Social Security warn of status quo's painful
consequences: CBO Report: Another Call to Action [10/
22/2010]
Projections: In letter to Ranking Member Ryan, CBO highlights
the latest health care broken promise for Social
Security warn of status quo's painful consequences: CBO
Confirms Obamacare Will Increase Drug Prices[11/4/2010]
Investor's Business Daily Editorial: Refocus The Fed On Price
Stability Instead Of Bailing Out Fiscal Policy [12/1/
2010]
Expanded Views: Fiscal Commission [12/3/2010]
Appropriations Analysis: The Budget Impact of the Second
Continuing Resolution [12/8/2010]

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

The Minority Committee on the Budget also investigated wasteful
Federal spending in a number of areas:
Costly Counting: The 2010 Census (May 12, 2009): Significant
schedule, performance, and cost issues during the 2010
Census.
The Show Must Go On? (30 July 2009): Funding for the National
Endowment of the Arts for spending on various theatre
groups.
Cash for Clinkers (8 September 2009): Federal checks were
mistakenly sent to convicted felons in prison and to
deceased individuals.
Fighting Fire with * * * Festivals? (22 September 2009):
Federal funding for various festivals held in public
parks.
Imposing One-Size-Fits-All `Utopia' on Local Communities (16
June 2010): Federal funding for various urban planning
initiatives.
The Victims of Cash for Clunkers' `Success' (22 September
2010): Providing Federal funding for individuals to
purchase new cars.