[House Report 115-1124]
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Union Calendar No. 891
115th Congress, 2d Session - - - - - - - - - - - House Report 115-1124
ACTIVITIES
AND
SUMMARY REPORT
of the
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
One Hundred Fifteenth Congress
(Pursuant to House Rule XI, Cl. 1.(d))
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
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January 2, 2019.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
STEVE WOMACK, Arkansas, Chairman
TODD ROKITA, Indiana, Vice Chairman JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky,
DIANE BLACK, Tennessee Ranking Minority Member
MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida BARBARA LEE, California
TOM COLE, Oklahoma MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico
TOM McCLINTOCK, California SETH MOULTON, Massachusetts
ROB WOODALL, Georgia HAKEEM S. JEFFRIES, New York
MARK SANFORD, South Carolina BRIAN HIGGINS, New York
DAVE BRAT, Virginia SUZAN K. DelBENE, Washington
GLENN GROTHMAN, Wisconsin DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Florida
GARY J. PALMER, Alabama BRENDAN F. BOYLE, Pennsylvania
BRUCE WESTERMAN, Arkansas RO KHANNA, California
JAMES B. RENACCI, Ohio PRAMILA JAYAPAL, Washington,
BILL JOHNSON, Ohio Vice Ranking Minority Member
JASON SMITH, Missouri SALUD CARBAJAL, California
JASON LEWIS, Minnesota SHEILA JACKSON LEE, Texas
JACK BERGMAN, Michigan JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY, Illinois
JOHN J. FASO, New York
LLOYD SMUCKER, Pennsylvania
MATT GAETZ, Florida
JODEY C. ARRINGTON, Texas
A. DREW FERGUSON IV, Georgia
Professional Staff
Dan Keniry, Staff Director
Ellen Balis, Minority Staff Director
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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Committee on the Budget,
Washington, DC, January 2, 2019.
Hon. Karen L. Haas,
Clerk of the House, House of Representatives,
Washington, DC.
Dear Ms. Haas: Pursuant to Clause 1(d) of House Rule XI, I
am pleased to transmit a report on the activities of the
Committee on the Budget during the 115th Congress.
Sincerely,
Steve Womack,
Chairman.
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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET
115TH CONGRESS
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January 2, 2019.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Mr. Womack, from the Committee on the Budget, submitted the following
R E P O R T
together with
MINORITY VIEWS
JURISDICTION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of
1974 established the Committees on the Budget for the House of
Representatives and the Senate. These committees are
responsible for developing and reporting the annual concurrent
resolution on the budget (``budget resolution''), for
assembling and reporting any reconciliation legislation
required by that resolution, and for overseeing the
congressional and statutory budget process.
Once adopted, the budget resolution provides an overall
framework and plan for Congressional consideration of spending,
revenue, and debt limit legislation. It sets a ceiling on total
spending and a floor on total revenues to be collected. It also
provides an allocation of spending authority to each committee
of Congress, both the appropriations committees and among the
various authorizing committees. The House and Senate enforce
the aggregate spending and revenue levels, as well as the
committee allocations set by the budget resolution, through
points of order that govern the consideration of legislation.
The budget resolution may also include the optional
reconciliation process, which directs 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. The budget reconciliation process is used when
changes in entitlement or tax law are needed to implement the
plan set out in the budget resolution: to reconcile actual
spending and revenue in law with the guidelines set out in the
resolution.
In response to reconciliation instructions, the various
committees report their legislative recommendations to the
Budget Committee. The Budget Committee then assembles the
legislation into an omnibus legislative package without making
any substantive revisions for consideration by the House. The
Budget Committee not only has jurisdiction over budget
resolutions and reconciliation bills, but it also has
legislative jurisdiction over major elements of the budget
process and various statutory controls over the Federal budget.
When the House of Representatives adopted Rules for the
104th Congress (House Resolution 6) on January 5, 1995, the
Budget Committee achieved for the first-time legislative
jurisdiction over major elements of the congressional budget
process and various statutory controls over the Federal budget.
In adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the
105th Congress (House Resolution 5) on January 7, 1997, the
House extended the Budget Committee's legislative jurisdiction
to include not only the congressional budget process but also
the budget process in general. The Committee's jurisdictional
statement, House rule X, clause 1(d), now reads 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.
Under its jurisdiction, the Budget Committee has exclusive
jurisdiction over both budgetary levels and budgetary concepts.
Under subparagraph (2), the Budget Committee has primary
jurisdiction over the budget process, as well as secondary
jurisdiction over purely procedural aspects of the
congressional budget process. Finally, under subparagraph (3),
the Budget Committee has exclusive jurisdiction over the
establishment, extension, and enforcement of direct and
discretionary spending limits, pay-go requirements, and other
special budgetary mechanisms to control spending, the deficit,
or the Federal budget, including the sequestration process.
In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee
continues to have responsibilities for oversight and studies.
These responsibilities include oversight of the Congressional
Budget Office; study of the outlay effects of existing and
proposed legislation; study of off-budget entities; study of
tax expenditures; and study of proposals to improve and
facilitate the congressional budget process.
Summary of Activities
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Resolution
On July 19, 2017, the Committee on the Budget marked up the
fiscal year 2018 concurrent resolution on the budget, H. Con.
Res. 71. The report accompanying H. Con. Res. 71, House Report
115-240, was filed on July 21, 2017. This report established
allocations of spending authority to House committees and
identified accounts eligible for advance appropriations.
On October 3, 2017, the Committee on Rules reported a rule
(House Resolution 553) providing for the consideration of H.
Con. Res. 71. The rule provided for four hours of general
debate: three hours controlled by the Chair and Ranking
Minority Member of the Committee on the Budget, equally
divided; and one hour on the subject of economic goals and
policies equally divided between the Chair and Ranking Minority
Member of the Joint Economic Committee or their designees.
The Resolution specified certain amendments in order and
waived all points of order against consideration of the
concurrent resolution.
The House passed House Resolution 553 on October 4, 2017.
After the adoption of House Resolution 553, floor debate on H.
Con. Res. 71 proceeded on October 4-5, 2017.
The Committee of the Whole proceeded with four hours of
general debate on the resolution and then proceeded to full
substitute amendments:
Amendment No. 1: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative McClintock [CA-4] was defeated.
Failed by recorded vote: 139-281 (Roll no. 555).
Amendment No. 2: An amendment in the nature of a substitute
offered by Representative Yarmuth [KY-3] was defeated. Failed
by recorded vote: 156-268 (Roll no. 556).
The Committee of the Whole then proceeded with the final 10
minutes of general debate on H. Con. Res. 71, pursuant to the
provisions of House Resolution 553. The House then rose from
the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to
report H. Con. Res. 71. The House adopted the amendment as
agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of
the Union.
The fiscal year 2018 concurrent resolution on the budget
passed the House on October 5, 2017. On agreeing to the
resolution: Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 219-206 (Roll no.
557).
On October 16, 2017, the House-passed fiscal year 2018
concurrent resolution on the budget (H. Con. Res. 71) was
received in the Senate and placed on the Senate Calendar under
General Orders Calendar No. 245.
On October 19, 2017, the Senate passed H. Con. Res. 71 with
amendments. H. Con. Res. 71 as amended was agreed to in the
Senate by Yea-Nay Vote: 51-59 (Record Vote Number 245).
On October 20, 2017, a message on the Senate action was
sent to the House.
On October 24, 2017, the House then considered H. Con. Res.
71, as amended, under the provisions of House Resolution 580.
Pursuant to the provisions of House Resolution 580, H. Con.
Res. 71 was taken from the Speaker's table, with the Senate
amendment thereto. The House then proceeded to the
consideration of a motion that the House concur in the Senate
amendment to H. Con. Res. 71. The motion that the House agree
to the Senate amendment was agreed to the Yeas and Nays: 216-
212. The motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to
without objection. (Roll no. 589).
H.R. 1628, American Health Care Act of 2017
The fiscal year 2017 concurrent resolution on the budget
(S. Con. Res. 3) was introduced on January 3, 2017. On January
12, 2017, the Senate passed S. Con. Res. 3 without amendment by
Yea-Nay Vote: 51-48 (Record vote number 26). On January 13,
2017, the resolution was passed in the House by the Yeas and
Nays: 227-198 (Roll no. 58). S. Con. Res. 3 included
reconciliation directives instructing the Committees on Finance
and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Senate and
the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Ways and Means in the
House of Representatives to transmit to their respective Budget
Committee changes in laws within their jurisdiction reducing
the deficit by $1 billion each.
On March 13, 2017, the House Committees on Energy and
Commerce and Ways and Means each transmitted their legislative
language to the Committee on the Budget meeting their
respective reconciliation directives.
On March 16, 2017, the Committee on the Budget marked up
and ordered reported these reconciliation submissions.
On March 20, 2017, Chairman Black introduced H.R. 1628, the
American Health Care Act of 2017, and the accompanying report,
House Report 115-52. On March 24, 2017, the Committee on Rules
reported a rule (H. Res. 228) providing for the consideration
of H.R. 1628. The rule waived all points of order against
provisions in the bill and provided for four hours of debate
equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking
Minority Member of the Committee on the Budget or their
respective designees. The House proceeded with four hours of
debate on H.R. 1628 and then postponed proceedings pursuant to
clause 1(c) of rule 19.
On April 6, 2017, the Committee on Rules reported a rule
(H. Res. 254) providing for further consideration of H.R. 1628.
The rule also provided that the further amendment printed in
Rules Committee Report 115-88 shall be considered as adopted.
On May 3, 2017, the Committee on Rules reported another
rule (H. Res. 308) providing for further consideration of H.R.
1628. The rule also provided that the further amendments
printed in Rules Committee Report 115-109 shall be considered
as adopted.
On May 4, 2017, pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 19, the
House then resumed with further consideration of H.R. 1628 and
resumed debate on H.R. 1628. Pursuant to H. Res. 308, further
amendments printed in House Report 115-109 were considered as
adopted. At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 1628, the Chair
put the question on passage and by voice vote announced that
the ayes prevailed. Representative Scott [VA-3] demanded a
recorded vote. H.R. 1628 on passage Passed by recorded vote:
217-213. (Roll no. 256).
On June 7, 2017, H.R. 1628 was received in the Senate.
On July 25, 2917, the motion to proceed to the
consideration of H.R. 1628 was agreed to in the Senate by Yea-
Nay Vote. 51-50. (Record Vote Number: 167).
On July 28, 2017, H.R. 1628 was returned to the Calendar in
the Senate. Calendar No. 120.
Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Resolution
On June 20-21, 2018, the Committee on the Budget marked up
the fiscal year 2019 concurrent resolution on the budget, H.
Con. Res. 128. The report accompanying H. Con. Res. 128, House
Report 115-816, was filed on July 13, 2018. This report
established allocations of spending authority to House
committees and identified accounts eligible for advance
appropriations.
Other Legislative Activities
H. Res. 5, Adopting Rules for the 115th Congress
The organizing resolution (H. Res. 5) adopted by the House
on January 3, 2017, at the commencement of the 115th Congress
contained several provisions related to the congressional
budget process. H. Res. 5 provides that the Rules of the 114th
Congress are the Rules of the 115th Congress.
H. Res. 5 also provides that any general appropriation bill
or joint resolution continuing appropriations, or amendment
thereto or conference report thereon, may not provide an
advance appropriation, unless submitted for printing in the
Congressional Record by the Chair of the Committee on the
Budget.
Additionally, H. Res. 5 provides a point of order against
increasing direct spending and requires the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office to prepare, to the extent
practicable, an estimate of whether a bill or joint resolution
by a committee, or amendment thereto or conference report
thereon, would cause, relative to current law, a net increase
in direct spending in excess of $5,000,000,000 in the 4
consecutive 10-fiscal year periods beginning with the first
fiscal year that is 10 fiscal years after the current fiscal
year.
H. Res. 6, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House
of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 3, 2017, and
elected Mrs. Diane Black as Chair of the Committee on the
Budget.
H. Res. 7, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the House
of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 3, 2017, and
elected Mr. Yarmuth to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 36, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 10, 2017, and
elected Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Mr. Cole, Mr.
McClintock, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Woodall, Mr. Sanford, Mr. Womack,
Mr. Brat, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Palmer, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Renacci,
Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Lewis of Minnesota, Mr. Bergman, Mr.
Faso, Mr. Smucker, Mr. Gaetz, Mr. Arrington, and Mr. Ferguson
to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 45, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 11, 2017, and
elected Ms. Lee, Ms. Lujan Grisham, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Jeffries,
Mr. Higgins of New York, and Ms. DelBene to the Committee on
the Budget.
H. Res. 52, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 13, 2017, and
elected Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Boyle, Mr. Khanna, Ms.
Jayapal, and Mr. Carbajal to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 95, Electing a Member to a Certain Standing Committee of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on February 7, 2017, and
elected Ms. Jackson Lee and Ms. Schakowsky to the Committee on
the Budget.
H. Res. 131, Electing a Member to a Certain Standing Committee of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on February 16, 2017, and
elected Mr. Smith of Missouri, to rank immediately after Mr.
Johnson of Ohio, to the Committee on the Budget.
H. Res. 685, Electing Members to Certain Standing Committees of the
House of Representatives
This resolution was agreed to on January 11, 2018, and
elected Mr. Womack as Chair of the Committee on the Budget.
Adjustments and Current Level Reports
Aggregates, Allocations, and Other Budgetary Levels of the Fiscal Year
2017 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
Date--March 24, 2017
Congressional Record--H2442
Revisions to the Allocations and Aggregates of the Fiscal Year 2017
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
Bill Number--H.R. 1628
Title--American Health Care Act of 2017
Date--March 24, 2017
Congressional Record--H2443
Accounts identified for Advance Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2018
Date--May 2, 2017
Congressional Record--H3064
Allocation for the Committee on Appropriations Pursuant to S. Con. Res.
3, the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2017
Date--May 3, 2017
Congressional Record--H3320
Revisions to the Allocations and Aggregates of the Fiscal Year 2017
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
Bill Number--Senate Amendment to H.R. 244
Title--Consolidated Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2017
Date--May 3, 2017
Congressional Record--H2320
Updated Status Report on the Current Levels of On-Budget Spending and
Revenues for Fiscal Year 2017, and for the 10-Year Period of
Fiscal Years 2017 through 2026.
Date--September 8, 2017
Congressional Record--H7213
Committee Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2018 Concurrent Resolution on
the Budget
Date--November 2, 2017
Congressional Record--H8440
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2018
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
Date--November 2, 2017
Bill Number--H.R. 3922, as modified by H.Res. 601
Title--CHAMPIONING HEALTHY KIDS Act of 2017
Congressional Record--H8441
Revisions to the Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2018 Concurrent
Resolution on the Budget
Date--November 2, 2017
Bill Number--H.R. 849
Title--Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2017
Congressional Record--H8441
Updated Status Report on the Current Levels of On-Budget Spending and
Revenues for Fiscal Year 2018, and for the 10-Year Period of
Fiscal Years 2018 through 2027.
Date--March 6, 2018
Congressional Record--H1437
Revisions to the Aggregates and Allocations of the Fiscal Year 2018
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
Bill Number--House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R.
1625
Title--Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
Date--March 26, 2018
Congressional Record--H3047
Aggregates, Allocations, and Other Budgetary Levels of the Fiscal Year
2019 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget
Date--May 10, 2018
Congressional Record--H3926
Revisions to the Statement of Committee Allocations, Aggregates, and
Other Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Year 2019
Bill Number--Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5895
Title--Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act,
2019
Date--September 13, 2018
Congressional Record--H8723
Revisions to the Statement of Allocations, Aggregates, and Other
Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Year 2019
Bill Number--Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 6157
Date--September 26, 2018
Congressional Record--H9086
Status Report on Current Levels of On-Budget Spending and Revenues for
Fiscal Year 2018, Fiscal Year 2019, and the 10-Year Period of
Fiscal Years 2019 through 2028
Date--October 30, 2018
Congressional Record--H9451
budget enforcement
One of the responsibilities of the Committee on the Budget
is to monitor legislation to be considered on the floor of the
House and what implications such legislation would have on
spending and revenue.
Pursuant to Section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 and rule XXIX of the Rules of the House of
Representatives, the Chairman is provided authority to give
guidance concerning the impact of a legislative proposition on
the levels of new budget authority, outlays, direct spending,
new entitlement authority, and revenues.
The Committee provided guidance to the Committee on
Appropriations, the authorizing committees, and the Committee
on Rules on spending and tax legislation to enforce the
appropriate levels in the budget resolution as required under
sections 302(f), 303(a) and 311(a) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974 or any budget-related provisions of the Rules of
the House of Representatives.
The Committee also provided ongoing oversight of the Office
of Management and Budget's implementation of budget submission,
control, execution, and enforcement procedures under the Budget
and Accounting Act of 1921, the Congressional Budget Act of
1974, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the Statutory Pay-As-
You-Go Act of 2010, and the Budget Control Act of 2011.
Additionally, the Committee monitored reclassifications of
budget accounts, re-estimates of the subsidies of credit
programs, consistency in cost estimates for direct spending and
tax bills, compliance with the relevant laws in the development
of budget projections, and changes in spend-out rates for
discretionary programs.
economic policy
The Committee has studied, and will continue to study, how
economic policies affect the Federal budget.
oversight activities
The primary responsibility of the Budget Committee is the
development of a concurrent budget resolution that sets
spending and revenue levels in aggregate and across major
functional categories. These budget functions encompass all
Federal programs and activities. Certain programs are
considered off-budget, such as Social Security and the Postal
Service, and some are considered non-budgetary, such as the
Federal Reserve.
The subject matter of the budget is inherently broad, but
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 the
Committee's oversight are the Budget and Accounting Act of
1921, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Statutory Pay-
As-You-Go Act of 2010, and the Budget Control Act of 2011. 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 the special oversight responsibility
under clause 3(c) of House rule X to study the effect on budget
outlays of existing and proposed legislation and under clause
4(b)(6) of House rule X to request and evaluate continuing
studies of tax expenditures.
The House Budget Committee met on January 24, 2017, to
organize for the 115th Congress. In addition to adopting rules
of procedure, the Committee also adopted a written oversight
plan. The Committee held hearings in the process of developing
the annual concurrent budget resolution. Additionally, the
Committee received testimony from Members of Congress, Cabinet-
level and other Federal officials, State and local officials,
and expert witnesses to review the budget and economic outlook,
the President's budget submissions, and other budget and
economic matters.
The Committee's oversight plan calls for continuous
assessment of the performance of Federal agencies in both the
administration and service delivery by reviewing performance
data in the President's budget submissions and the relevant
reports and audits of the Government Accountability Office and
the Offices of the Inspectors General. Pursuant to the
Committee's request, the Government Accountability Office
published the following report:
Impoundment Control Act--Withholding of Funds through Their
Date of Expiration [12/10/2018]
The oversight plan specifically calls on the Committee to
study the budgetary effects of existing law and proposed
legislation, as well as government regulation, on government
spending and to explore ways of reducing waste, fraud, and
abuse in government agencies. Furthermore, the Committee drew
on the authorizing committees' Views and Estimates, that are
submitted to the Committee pursuant to section 301(d) of the
Congressional Budget Act, to coordinate its oversight
activities with other committees.
The Committee's oversight plan also calls for continued
oversight of the Office of Management and Budget's
implementation of budget submission, control, execution, and
enforcement procedures under the Budget and Accounting Act of
1921, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of
2010, and other applicable laws. The oversight plan also calls
for the evaluation and study of direct spending and tax
policies.
The Committee also examined the Congressional Budget Office
through a series of oversight hearings. These hearings on the
Congressional Budget Office are outlined in the Hearings
section of this report.
Legislative History of Measures on Which Action was Taken
The following legislative measures were acted on by the
Committee on the Budget or contained provisions relating to the
congressional budget process.
h.r. 10
Sponsor--Hon. Jeb Hensarling [TX-5]
Date Introduced--April 26, 2017
Title--Financial CHOICE Act of 2017
April 26, 2017--Referred to the Committee on Financial
Services, in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, Ways
and Means, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform,
Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and
Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned.
May 25, 2017--Committees on Agriculture, Ways and Means,
the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Transportation
and Infrastructure, Rules, the Budget, and Education and the
Workforce discharged.
June 8, 2017--Passed/agreed to in the House: On passage
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 233-186 (Roll no. 299).
h.r. 26
Sponsor--Hon. Doug Collins [GA-9]
Date Introduced--March 2, 2017
Title--Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act
of 2017
January 3, 2017--Referred to the Committee on
Appropriations, in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
January 4, 2017--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 22
reported to House.
January 5, 2017--Passed/agreed to in the House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 237-187 (Roll no. 23).
January 6, 2017--Received in the Senate and read twice and
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs.
h.r. 50
Sponsor--Hon. Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Date Introduced--January 3, 2017
Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2017
January 3, 2017--Referred to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform, in addition to the Committees on the Budget,
Rules, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the
committee concerned.
June 29, 2018--Committees on the Budget, Rules, and the
Judiciary discharged.
July 13, 2018--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed
by recorded vote: 230-168 (Roll no. 328).
h.r. 1301
Sponsor--Rodney P. Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Date Introduced--March 2, 2017
Title--Continuing Appropriations Amendments Act, 2018
March 2, 2017--Referred to the Committee on Appropriations,
in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
March 7, 2017--Rules Committee Resolution H.Res. 174
reported to House.
March 8, 2017--Passed/agreed to in the House: On passage
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 371-48 (Roll no. 136).
March 9, 2017--Received in the Senate.
February 9, 2018--Measure laid before Senate by unanimous
consent.
February 9, 2018--Passed Senate with an amendment by
unanimous consent.
February 9, 2018--Message on Senate action sent to the
House.
February 9, 2018--Mr. Frelinghuysen asked unanimous consent
to take from the Speaker's table and agree to the Senate
amendment.
February 9, 2018--On motion that the House agree to the
Senate amendment agreed to without objection.
February 9, 2018--Presented to the President, signed by the
President, and became Public Law 115-124.
h.r. 1628
Sponsor--Hon. Diane Black [TN-6]
Date reported by the House Committee on the Budget--March 20,
2017
Title--American Health Care Act of 2017
March 20, 2017--The House Committee on the Budget reported
an original measure, H. Rept. 115-52, by Mrs. Black.
March 20, 2017--Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No.
30.
March 24, 2017--Considered under the provisions of H.Res.
228.
March 24, 2017--The House proceeded with four hours of
debate on H.R. 1628.
March 24, 2017--Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule 19, further
consideration of H.R. 1628 was postponed.
April 6, 2018--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 254
reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R.
1628. The rule also provides that the further amendment printed
Rules Committee Report 115-88 shall be considered as adopted.
May 3, 2017--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 308
reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2192
and for further consideration of H.R. 1628. The rule also
provides that further amendments printed in House Report 115-
109 be considered as adopted.
May 4, 2017--The House resumed debate on H.R. 1628.
May 4, 2017--At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 1628, the
Chair put the question on passage and by voice vote announced
that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Scott [VA-3] demanded a
recorded vote, and the Chair postponed further proceedings on
passage of the bill until later in the legislative day.
May 4, 2017--Passed/agreed to in the House: On passage
Passed by recorded vote: 217-213 (Roll no. 256).
June 7, 2017--Received in the Senate. Read the first time.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under read the first
time. June 8, 2017--Read the second time. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders, Calendar No. 120.
July 25, 2017--Motion to proceed to consideration of
measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-50. (Record
Vote Number: 167).
July 25, 2017--Measure laid before Senate by motion.
July 25, 2017--Amendment SA 267 proposed by Senator
McConnell. Of a perfecting nature.
July 25, 2017--Amendment SA 270 proposed by Senator
McConnell to Amendment SA 267. Of a perfecting nature.
July 25, 2017--Point of order that the amendment violates
section 311(a)(2)(B) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect
to amendment SA 270.
July 25, 2017--Motion to waive all applicable budgetary
discipline with respect to amendment SA 270 rejected in Senate
by Yea-Nay Vote. 43-57. (Record Vote Number: 168).
July 25, 2017--Amendment SA 270 ruled out of order by the
chair.
July 25, 2017--Amendment SA 271 proposed by Senator Enzi
for Senator Paul to Amendment SA 267. Of a perfecting nature.
July 25, 2017--Motion by Senator Donnelly to commit to
Senate Committee on Finance with instructions made in Senate.
July 26, 2017--SA 267. Considered by Senate.
July 26, 2017--SA 271. Considered by Senate.
July 26, 2017--SA 271 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay
Vote. 45-55. (Record Vote Number: 169).
July 26, 2017--Motion by Senator Donnelly to commit to
Senate Committee on Finance with instructions rejected in
Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48-52. (Record Vote Number: 170).
July 26, 2017--Motion by Senator Casey to commit to Senate
Committee on Finance with instructions made in Senate.
July 26, 2017--Amendment SA 288 proposed by Senator Enzi
for Senator Heller to Amendment SA 267. To express the sense of
the Senate that Medicaid expansion is a priority and that
Obamacare must be improved.
July 26, 2017--Motion by Senator Casey to commit to Senate
Committee on Finance with instructions rejected in Senate by
Yea-Nay Vote. 48-51. (Record Vote Number: 171).
July 26, 2017--Point of order that the amendment violates
section 313(b)(1)(A) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect
to amendment SA 288.
July 26, 2017--Motion to waive all applicable budgetary
discipline with respect to amendment SA 288 rejected in Senate
by Yea-Nay Vote. 10-90. (Record Vote Number: 172).
July 26, 2017--Amendment SA 288 ruled out of order by the
chair.
July 26, 2017--Amendment SA 340 proposed by Senator
McConnell for Senator Daines to Amendment SA 267. To provide
for comprehensive health insurance coverage for all United
States residents, improved health care delivery, and for other
purposes.
July 27, 2017--SA 267 Considered by Senate.
July 27, 2017--SA 340 Considered by Senate.
July 27, 2017--Amendment SA 340 as modified not agreed to
in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 0-57. (Record Vote Number: 173).
July 27, 2017--Amendment SA 389 proposed by Senator Enzi
for Senator Strange to Amendment SA 267. To provide for premium
assistance for low-income individuals.
July 27, 2017--Point of order that the amendment violates
section 302(f) of the CBA raised in Senate with respect to
amendment SA 389.
July 27, 2017--Motion to waive all applicable budgetary
discipline with respect to amendment SA 389 rejected in Senate
by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-50. (Record Vote Number: 174).
July 27, 2017--Amendment SA 389 ruled out of order by the
chair.
July 27, 2017--Amendment SA 502 proposed by Senator Enzi
for Senator Heller to Amendment SA 267. To strike the sunset of
the repeal of the tax on employee health insurance premiums and
health plan benefits.
July 27, 2017--Motion by Senator Schumer to commit to
Senate Committee on Finance with instructions rejected in
Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 43-57. (Record Vote Number: 176).
July 27, 2017--Amendment SA 502 agreed to in Senate by Yea-
Nay Vote. 52-48. (Record Vote Number: 177).
July 27, 2017--Amendment SA 667 proposed by Senator
McConnell to Amendment SA 267. Of a perfecting nature.
July 28, 2017--Motion by Senator Murray to commit to Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions with
instructions rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48-52. (Record
Vote Number: 178).
July 28, 2017--Amendment SA 667 not agreed to in Senate by
Yea-Nay Vote. 49-51. (Record Vote Number: 179).
July 28, 2017--Returned to the Calendar, Calendar No. 120.
h.r. 3732
Sponsor--Hon. David G. Reichert [WA-8]
Date Introduced--September 11, 2017
Title--Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma
and Jose Overseas Act
September 11, 2017--Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
September 11, 2018--Committees on Ways and Means and the
Budget discharged.
September 11, 2017--Considered by unanimous consent.
September 11, 2017--Passed/agreed to in the House: On
passage Passed without objection.
September 11, 2017--Received in the Senate, read twice,
considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment
by Voice Vote.
September 11, 2017--Presented to President.
September 12, 2017--Signed by President. Became Public Law
115-57.
h.r. 3819
Sponsor--Hon. Brian J. Mast [FL-18]
Date Introduced--September 25, 2017
Title--Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act
of 2017
September 25, 2017--Referred to the Committee on Veterans'
Affairs, in addition to the Committees on the Budget and Armed
Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
September 25, 2017--Considered under suspension of the
rules.
September 25, 2017--On motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
September 27, 2017--Passed Senate without amendment by
Unanimous Consent.
September 28, 2017--Presented to President.
September 29, 2017--Signed by President. Became Public Law
115-62.
h.r. 3823
Sponsor--Hon. Kevin Brady [TX-8]
Date Introduced--September 25, 2017
Title--Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act
of 2017
September 25, 2017--Referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means, in addition to the Committees on Transportation and
Infrastructure, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, and
the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as
fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
September 25, 2017--Considered under suspension of the
rules.
September 25, 2017--On motion to suspend the rules and pass
the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 245-171
(Roll no. 530).
September 26, 2017--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 538
reported to House.
September 27, 2017--H. Res. 538 passed House.
September 28, 2017--On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays:
264-155 (Roll no. 542).
September 28, 2017--Passed Senate with amendment by Voice
Vote.
September 28, 2017--On motion that the House agree to the
Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.
September 29, 2017--Presented to President. Signed by
President. Became Public Law 115-63.
h.r. 4667
Sponsor--Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Date Introduced--December 18, 2017
Title--Making Further Supplemental Appropriations for the
Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 2018, for disaster
assistance for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, and
calendar year 2017 wildfires, and for other purposes.
December 21, 2017--Passed/agreed to in House: On passage
Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 251-169 (Roll no. 709).
December 21, 2017--Received in the Senate.
January 3, 2018--Read the first time. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
January 4, 2018--Read the second time. Placed on Senate
Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 291.
h.r. 5228
Sponsor--Hon. Frank Pallone, Jr. [NJ-6]
Date Introduced--March 8, 2018
Title--Stop Counterfeit Drugs by Regulating and Enhancing
Enforcement Now [SCREEN] Act
March 8, 2018--Referred to the Committee on Energy and
Commerce, in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
March 9, 2018--Referred to the Subcommittee on Health--
Committee on Energy and Commerce.
June 12, 2018--On motion to suspend the rules and pass the
bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
June 13, 2018--Received in the Senate and Read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions.
h.r. 6136
Sponsor--Hon. Bob Goodlatte [VA-6]
Date Introduced--June 19, 2018
Title--Border Security and Immigration Reform Act of 2018
June 19, 2018--Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary,
in addition to the Committees on Homeland Security,
Agriculture, Natural Resources, Transportation and
Infrastructure, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce, Armed
Services, Foreign Affairs, the Budget, and Oversight and
Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined
by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned.
June 27, 2018--Failed of passage/not agreed to in House: On
passage Failed by recorded vote: 121-301 (Roll no. 297).
h.r. 6226
Sponsor--Hon. Lamar Smith [TX-21]
Date Introduced--June 26, 2018
Title--American Space SAFE Management Act
June 26, 2018--Referred to the Committee on Science, Space,
and Technology, in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
June 27, 2018--Committee Consideration and Mark-Up Session
Held--Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
June 27, 2018--Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice
Vote--Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
h. con. res.71
Sponsor--Hon. Diane Black [TN-6]
Date reported by the Committee on the Budget--July 21, 2017
Title--Establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2019 through 2027.
July 21, 2017--The House Committee on the Budget reported
an original measure, H. Rept. 115-240, by Mrs. Black.
October 5, 2017--On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 219-206 (Roll no. 557).
October 19, 2017--Resolution agreed to in Senate with an
amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 51-49. (Record Vote Number: 245).
October 26, 2017--On motion that the House agree to the
Senate amendment Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216-212 (Roll
no. 589).
h. con. res. 128
Sponsor--Hon. Steve Womack [AR-3]
Date reported by the Committee on the Budget--July 13, 2018
Title--Establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2019 and setting
forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2020 through 2028.
July 13, 2018--The House Committee on the Budget reported
an original measure, H. Rept. 115-816, by Mr. Womack.
Additional Bills and Resolutions
Referred to the Committee on the Budget
h.r. 121
Hon. Al Green [TX-9]
Emergency Flood Control Supplemental Funding Act of 2017
h.r. 235
Hon. Don Young [AK-At Large]
Indian Health Service Advance Appropriations Act of 2017
h.r. 275
Hon. Scott Perry [PA-4]
Fairness for Crime Victims Act of 2017
h.r. 277
Hon. David P. Roe [TN-1]
American Health Care Reform Act of 2017
h.r. 292
Hon. Don Young [AK-At Large]
HOT-R Act
h.r. 297
Hon. Jason Chaffetz [UT-3]
Review Every Dollar Act of 2017
h.r. 370
Hon. Bill Flores [TX-13]
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and
health care-related provisions in the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, and for other
purposes.
h.r. 507
Hon. Dennis Ross [FL-15]
Zero-based Budgeting Ensures Responsible Oversight (ZERO) Act
of 2017
h.r. 536
Hon. Andy Biggs [AZ-5]
Protection from Obamacare Mandates and Congressional Equity Act
h.r. 761
Hon. James B. Renacci [OH-16]
Pension and Budget Integrity Act of 2017
h.r. 818
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2017
h.r. 850
Hon. Gary J. Palmer [AL-6]
Agency Accountability Act of 2017
h.r. 916
Hon. Mark Sanford [SC-1]
Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 2017
h.r. 949
Hon. Brian K. Fitzpatrick [PA-8]
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act
h.r. 966
Hon. Rick Larsen [WA-2]
TIGER CUBS Act
h.r. 1024
Hon. Luke Messer [IN-6]
To amend section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to
require that annual budget submissions of the President
to Congress provide an estimate of the cost per
taxpayer of the deficit and of the public debt.
h.r. 1065
Hon. Luke Messer [IN-6]
Biennial Budgeting and Enhancement Oversight Act of 2017
h.r. 1113
Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017
h.r. 1369
Hon. Tom Cole [OK-4]
Indian Healthcare Improvement Act of 2017
h.r. 1441
Hon. Michael R. Turner [OH-10]
Repeal Sequestration for Defense Act
h.r. 1443
Hon. David B. McKinley [WV-1]
Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act
h.r. 1531
Hon. Earl Blumenauer [OR-3]
Superfund Reinvestment Act
h.r. 1569
Hon. Bill Foster [IL-11]
American Innovation Act
h.r. 1745
Hon. Adam Smith [WA-9]
Relief from Sequestration Act of 2017
h.r. 1908
Hon. Mike Kelly [PA-3]
Investing in America: Unlocking the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund Act
h.r. 1936
Hon. Mike Gallagher [WI-8]
Do Your Job Act
h.r. 1999
Hon. Ken Buck [CO-4]
Federal Budget Accountability Act
h.r. 2076
Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-43]
Ending Homelessness Act of 2017
h.r. 2125
Hon. Dave Brat [VA-7]
BASIC Act
h.r. 2174
Hon. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [WA-5]
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act of 2017
h.r. 2334
Hon. Leonard Lance [NJ-7]
Food and Drug Administration Safety Over Sequestration Act of
2017
h.r. 2386
Hon. Erik Paulsen [MN-3]
Private Foundation Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2017
h.r. 2451
Hon. Susan A. Davis [CA-53]
Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act
h.r. 2475
Hon. Robert C. Scott [VA-3]
Rebuild America's Schools Act of 2017
h.r. 2477
Hon. Joe Courtney [CT-2]
Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act
h.r. 2621
Hon. Mac Thornberry [TX-13]
Strengthening Security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Act
h.r. 2800
Hon. Peter A. DeFazio [OR-4]
Aviation Funding Stability Act
h.r. 2832
Hon. Jim Jordan [OH-4]
Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act
h.r. 2862
Hon. Michael K. Simpson [ID-2]
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act
h.r. 2863
Hon. Michael K. Simpson [ID-2]
LAND Act
h.r. 2953
Hon. Michael C. Burgess [TX-26]
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the
scoring of preventive health savings
h.r. 2957
Hon. Sam Graves [MO-6]
Save Rural Hospitals Act
h.r. 3167
Hon. David Schweikert [AZ-6]
Debt Ceiling Alternative Act
h.r. 3254
Hon. Michelle Lujan Grisham [NM-1]
Heroin and Opioid Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 2017
h.r. 3287
Hon. Jared Huffman [CA-2]
Carbon Pollution Transparency Act
h.r. 3525
Hon. Danny K. Davis [IL-7]
Home Visiting Works Act of 2017
h.r. 3579
Hon. Rosa L. DeLauro [CT-3]
Public Health Emergency Preparedness Act
h.r. 3596
Hon. Mike Kelly [PA-3]
Rightsizing Pension Premiums Act of 2017
h.r. 3672
Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Making supplemental appropriations for disaster relief
requirements for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2017.
h.r. 3686
Hon. Sheila Jackson Lee [TX-18]
Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2017
h.r. 3719
Hon. Virginia Foxx [NC-5]
Spending Safeguard Act
h.r. 3732
Hon. David G. Reichert [WA-8]
Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Hurricanes Irma and Jose
Overseas Act
h.r. 3819
Hon. Brian J. Mast [FL-18]
Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2017
h.r. 3822
Hon. Warren Davidson [OH-8]
CBO Show Your Work Act
h.r. 3823
Hon. Kevin Brady [TX-8]
Disaster Tax Relief and Airport and Airway Extension Act of
2017
h.r. 3858
Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-43]
Transportation Infrastructure for Job Creation Act
h.r. 3859
Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-43]
Drinking Water Infrastructure for Job Creation Act
h.r. 3936
Hon. Maxine Waters [CA-43]
National Flood Insurance Program Debt Forgiveness Act of 2017
h.r. 4008
Hon. Rodney P. Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief
Requirements Act of 2017
h.r. 4074
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-13]
Pathways Out of Poverty Act of 2017
h.r. 4081
Hon. David N. Cicilline [RI-1]
Consumer Privacy Protection Act of 2017
h.r. 4311
Hon. Robert Pettinger [NC-9]
Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act of 2017
h.r. 4361
Hon. Luke Messer [IN-6]
Accurate Budgeting Act
h.r. 4397
Hon. Mimi Walters [CA-45]
California Wildfire Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2017
h.r. 4409
Hon. Al Lawson, Jr. [FL-5]
Flood Water Relief Act of 2017
h.r. 4602
Hon. Jared Polis [CO-2]
Defending Special Education Students and Families Act of 2017
h.r. 4713
Hon. Adam Kinzinger [IL-16]
Truth in Spending Act of 2017
h.r. 4733
Hon. Peter Welch [VT-At Large]
Opioids and STOP Pain Initiative Act
h.r. 4782
Hon. Stacey E. Plaskett [VI-At Large]
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands Equitable Rebuild Act of 2018
h.r. 4848
Hon. Louie Gohmert [TX-1]
Zero-Baseline Budget Act of 2018
h.r. 4872
Hon. Steny H. Hoyer [MD-5]
End the Shutdown Act of 2018
h.r. 4874
Hon. Steny H. Hoyer [MD-5]
End the Shutdown Act of 2018
h.r. 4877
Hon. Kay Granger [TX-12]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018
h.r. 4911
Hon. Lloyd Smucker [PA-16]
Joint Commission on Budget Process Reform Act of 2018
h.r. 4938
Hon. Ann M. Kuster [NH-2]
Respond NOW Act
h.r. 5147
Hon. Tulsi Gabbard [HI-2]
Securing America's Elections Act of 2018
h.r. 5211
Hon. Michael R. Turner [OH-10]
It's About Time Act
h.r. 5214
Hon. Bradley Byrne [AL-1]
Protecting Our Children's Future Act of 2018
h.r. 5313
Hon. Mo Brooks [AL-5]
End Federal Shutdowns Act of 2018
h.r. 5363
Hon. Ted Poe [TX-2]
Crime Victims Fund Preservation Act of 2018
h.r. 5406
Hon. Peter Welch [VT-At Large]
Intelligence Budget Transparency Act of 2018
h.r. 5442
Hon. Ralph Norman [SC-5]
A Fast-Tracked Executive Rescission Review (AFTERR) of
Appropriations Act of 2018
h.r. 5455
Hon. Rosa L. DeLauro [CT-3]
Accelerating Biomedical Research Act
h.r. 5466
Hon. Theodore E. Deutch [FL-22]
To Exempt Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid from
h.r. 5531
Hon. Vern Buchanan [FL-16]
Opioid Emergency Response Act
h.r. 5572
Hon. Mark Sanford [SC-1]
One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2018
h.r. 5785
Hon. Cedric L. Richmond [LA-2]
Jobs and Justice Act of 2018
h.r. 5805
Hon. Conor Lamb [PA-18]
To designate certain amounts authorized to be appropriated for
the provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of
Hospital Care and Medical Services in Non-Department of
Veterans' Affairs Facilities pursuant to contracts as
changes in concepts and definitions for certain
budgetary purposes, and for other purposes
h.r. 5942
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-13]
Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2018
h.r. 6060
Hon. Seth Moulton [MA-6]
SAVE Right Whales Act
h.r. 6251
Hon. John B. Larson [CT-1]
Social Security Administration Fairness Act
h.r. 6362
Hon. Elise M. Stefanik [NY-21]
Invasive Fish and Wildlife Prevention Act of 2018
h.r. 6415
Hon. Drew A. Ferguson, IV [GA-3]
American Border Act
h.r. 6752
Hon. Jackie Speier [CA-14]
San Francisco Bay Restoration Act
h.r. 6759
Hon. Raul M. Grijalva [AZ-3]
Land and Water Conservation Authorization and Funding Act
h.r. 6827
Hon. Nydia M. Velazquez [NY-7]
To provide the option of discharging certain unsecured
financial obligations of self-governing territories of
the United States
h.r. 7005
Hon. Carol Shea-Porter [NH-1]
Wildlife Disease Emergency Act of 2018
h.r. 7059
Hon. Kevin McCarthy [CA-23]
Build the Wall, Enforce the Law Act of 2018
h.r. 7140
Hon. Pramila Jayapal [WA-7]
Anti-Corruption and Public Integrity Act
h.r. 7191
Hon. Steve Womack [AR-3]
Bipartisan Budget and Appropriations Reform Act of 2018
h.r. 7205
Hon. Jodey Arrington [TX-19]
No Budget No Recess Act
h.r. 7215
Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton [DC-At Large]
Federal Government Advertising Equity Accountability Act
h.con.res.74
Hon. Barbara Lee [CA-13]
Affirming the right of all renters to a safe, affordable, and
decent home.
h.j. res 124
Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal
year 2018, and for other purposes.
h.j. res. 125
Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal
year 2018, and for other purposes.
h.j. res. 128
Hon. Rodney Frelinghuysen [NJ-11]
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2018
h. res. 919
Hon. Andy Biggs [AZ-5]
Recognizing the national debt as a threat to national security.
s. 597
Hon. Robert P. Casey, Jr. [PA]
Children of Fallen Heroes Scholarship Act
Committee Reports
house report 115-52
h.r. 1628
American Health Care Act of 2017
March 20, 2017
house report 115-240
House Concurrent Resolution 71
July 21, 2017
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2018
house report 115-816
House Concurrent Resolution 128
July 13, 2018
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget--Fiscal Year 2019
Hearings
Organizational Meeting to Consider the Committee Rules and Oversight
Plan for the 115th Congress [1/24/2017]
The Failures of Obamacare: Harmful Effects and Broken Promises [1/24/
2017]
Witnesses: Robert A. Book, Ph.D., Senior Director, Health
Systems Innovation Network, LLC; Edmund F. Haislmaier,
Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy Studies, The
Heritage Foundation; Linda J. Blumberg, Ph.D., Senior
Fellow, The Urban Institute, Health Policy Center;
Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute
The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook [2/4/
2017]
Witness: Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget: Members' Day [3/2/2017]
Witnesses: Members of the 115th Congress
The Markup of Reconciliation Submissions [3/16/2017]
Failures of Fiscal Management: A View from The Comptroller General [5/
3/2017]
Witness: The Honorable Gene L. Dodaro, Comptroller General of
the United States, U.S. Government Accountability
Office
The President's Fiscal Year 2018 Budget [5/24/2017]
Witness: The Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Director, Office of
Management and Budget
The Economic and Fiscal Benefits of Pro-Growth Policies [6/7/2017]
Witnesses: Douglas J. Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., President, American
Action Forum; John W. Diamond, Ph.D., Edward A. and
Hermena Hancock Kelly Fellow in Public Finance, Rice
University's Baker Institute for Public Policy; Joshua
Furman, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for
International Economics
The Markup of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year
2018 [7/19/2017]
Congressional Budget Office Oversight: Organizational and Operational
Structure [1/30/2018]
Witness: Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Budget Office Oversight: Economic Assumptions, Baseline
Construction, Cost Estimating, And Scoring [2/6/2018]
Witnesses: Mark Hadley, Deputy Director, Congressional Budget
Office; Wendy Edelberg, Associate Director for Economic
Analysis, Congressional Budget Office; Teri Gullo,
Assistant Director for Budget Analysis, Congressional
Budget Office
The President's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget [2/14/2018]
Witness: The Honorable Mick Mulvaney, Director, Office of
Management and Budget
Congressional Budget Office Oversight: The Role of Behavioral Modeling
in Scoring and Baseline Construction [2/27/2018]
Witnesses: Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office;
Jessica Banthin, Deputy Assistant Director for Health,
Retirement, and Long-Term Analysis, Congressional
Budget Office; Jeffrey Kling, Associate Director for
Economic Analysis, Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Budget Office Oversight: Member Day [3/7/2018]
Witnesses: Members of the 115th Congress
Congressional Budget Office Oversight: Perspectives from Outside
Experts [3/14/2018]
Witnesses: Dr. Alice Rivlin, Former Director, Congressional
Budget Office; Dr. Doug Holtz-Eakin, Former Director,
Congressional Budget Office; Maya MacGuineas,
President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget;
Sandy Davis, Senior Advisor, Bipartisan Policy Center
The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic Outlook [4/12/
2018]
Witness: Keith Hall, Director, Congressional Budget Office
Fiscal Year 2019 Budget: Members' Day [5/10/2018]
Witnesses: Members of the 115th Congress
The Markup of the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year
2019 [6/20/2018 & 6/21/2018]
Budget Digests
How Obamacare has Failed Individuals and Families [1/4/2017]
A Resolution to Repeal Obamacare [1/9/2017]
Obamacare's Harmful Effects and Broken Promises [1/23/2017]
CBO's Budget and Economic Outlook for 2017-2027 [1/30/2017]
The Link Between Deficits and Debt [2/6/2017]
Improper Government Payments and the Tax Gap [2/13/2017]
Patient-Centered Health Care [3/6/2017]
American Health Care Act: CBO Cost Estimate [3/13/2017]
An Opportunity for Patient-Centered Health Care Reform [3/20/
2017]
What is a Budget Resolution? [3/27/2017]
The Challenge of Balancing the Budget [4/3/2017]
The Continuing Resolution [4/24/2017]
Deficit Reduction Through Reconciliation [5/1/2017]
The President's Budget in Context [5/17/2017]
The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2018 [5/25/2017]
The Benefits of Pro-Growth Policies [6/7/2017]
The Challenges We Face [6/20/2017]
The Unsustainable Long-Term Budget Outlook [6/21/2017]
The Hazardous Trend of Uncontrolled Spending [6/29/2017]
Highlighting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: the FCC's Lifeline
Program [7/12/2017]
Building a Better America: The Fiscal Year 2018 House Budget
Resolution [7/19/2017]
The Fiscal Year 2018 Consolidated Security Appropriations Bill
[7/26/2017]
The Fiscal Year 2018 Consolidated Government Funding Bill
[9/6/2017]
Why Appropriations Are Not A Budget Resolution [9/13/2017]
Five Myths About the House Budget Resolution [9/26/2017]
Why the House Must Pass a Budget Resolution [10/3/2017]
Enforcing the Budget Resolution [10/12/2017]
Adoption of Senate-Passed Budget Paves Way for Tax Reform
[10/24/2017]
The Fiscal Year 2018 Budget: Sustaining Medicare and Medicaid
[10/31/2017]
Estimating the Effects of Tax Reform [11/7/2017]
The Benefits of Tax Reform [11/15/2017]
The Higher Education Act Reauthorization [12/6/2017]
Addressing Improper Government Payments [12/12/2017]
Congress Poised to Pass Historic Tax Reform [12/19/2017]
Introducing House Budget Chairman Steve Womack [1/18/2018]
HBC Launches New, User-Friendly Portal for Submission of Member
Budget Ideas [1/29/2018]
House Budget Committee Begins Oversight Series on the
Congressional Budget Office [2/5/2018]
An American Budget--The President's FY19 Request [2/13/2018]
Reforming the Budget and Appropriations Process [2/26/2018]
A Balanced Budget Constitutional Amendment [3/5/2018]
Basics of the Current Federal Budget Process [3/13/2018]
The Budget Committee: Working Together with Appropriators and
Authorizers [3/19/2018]
The Budget and Economic Outlook: CBO's Baseline [4/10/2018]
CBO's Baseline: Mandatory Spending Dangerously on the Rise
[4/16/2018]
Building a Budget Resolution [4/24/2018]
Members' Day: A Forum for Budget Ideas [5/7/2018]
Reconciliation 101 [5/15/2018]
Rescissions 101 [5/21/2018]
Federal Trust Funds 101 [6/5/2018]
A Fiscally Responsible Step [6/12/2018]
Introducing Budget for a Brighter American Future [6/19/2018]
Committee Approves FY 2019 Budget Resolution [6/25/2018]
Status of FY 2019 Appropriations Bills [7/10/2018]
On-Budget Versus Off-Budget [7/16/2018]
Health Week: Advancing Patient-Centered, Pro-Growth Reforms
[7/23/2018]
Deficit Reduction Necessary to Confront the Nation's Debt
[9/4/2018]
Open House with the Congressional Budget Office [9/12/2018]
Status of Government Funding for Fiscal Year 2019 [9/25/2018]
The Broken Budget Resolution [11/5/2018]
The Troubled History of Appropriations [11/6/2018]
Skyrocketing Debt and Deficits [11/8/2018]
The Diminished Role of the Budget Committees [11/9/2018]
The Broken Budget & Appropriations Process [11/13/2018]
The Budget Committee: Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2018
Financial Statement Audit [11/27/2018]
Bipartisan Budget Reform [12/10/2018]
Committee Publications
Building A Better America--A Plan for Fiscal Responsibility
Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Resolution Blueprint [7/19/
2017]
A Brighter American Future--A Balanced Budget for Fiscal Year
2019 Blueprint [6/19/2018]
Medicare-for-All Budget Buster [9/7/2018]
Free College Budget Buster [9/14/2018]
Guaranteed Federal Jobs Budget Buster [9/21/2018]
Taxpayer Financed Campaigns Budget Buster [9/28/2018]
Universal Child Care Budget Buster [10/5/2018]
Unaffordable Housing Budget Buster [10/12/2018]
EITC Expansion Budget Buster [10/19/2018]
Long-Term Care Entitlements Budget Buster [10/26/2018]
The LIFT Credit Budget Buster [11/2/2018]
SNAP Expansion Budget Buster [11/9/2018]
Opportunity Credits Budget Buster [11/16/2018]
Pension Bailouts Budget Buster [11/30/2018]
Centralized Education Budget Buster [12/14/2018]
MINORITY VIEWS
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Summary Report
During the 115th Congress, the degradation of the
Congressional budget and its powerful procedures continued. The
House Majority did not use the budget to address the needs of
the American public or the long-term unsustainability of our
Nation's fiscal outlook. Instead, the budget process was used
to facilitate trillions of dollars of additional debt. At the
same time, it failed to provide realistic spending guidelines
for the Appropriations Committee in a timely manner.
In a highly unusual move, a budget resolution for fiscal
year 2017, which was never considered on the House floor during
the 114th Congress, was completed more than three months after
the start of the fiscal year. That resolution was designed
solely to facilitate legislation to dismantle the Affordable
Care Act. The House passed its fast-track reconciliation bill,
which would have done just that, but the Senate did not
complete action.
The Majority took a different approach for the fiscal year
2018 resolution, but the final conference agreement still
failed to reflect the values and priorities of the American
people. Although there was widespread consensus that the
discretionary levels provided for under law at that time were
insufficient, the budget did nothing to address the looming
cuts that would threaten our national and economic security.
Instead, the resolution provided a fast-track process to allow
for massive tax cuts. The reconciliation bill that was produced
in response provided the bulk of benefits to wealthy taxpayers
and corporations--and continued the sabotage of the Affordable
Care Act. Although not backed up by enforcement procedures, the
resolution made clear the Majority's envisioned approach for
eventually paying for the tax cuts: through massive cuts in
programs American families rely on every day.
For fiscal year 2019, Congress failed to adopt a budget at
all. However, the budget reported by the House Budget Committee
reflects the Republicans' perennial three-step plan: enact tax
cuts (and claim they will pay for themselves), act surprised
that deficits soar, and then call for deep cuts in spending. It
is a deeply divisive plan that protects the wealthy and
powerful interests at the top of the economic ladder at the
expense of working families, students, seniors, and everyone
else.
Democrats have a very different vision: we want to pursue
budgetary policies that help our economy grow while making sure
that everyone reaps the benefits. These are the goals behind
the amendments, described in the following section, that
Democrats proposed during the various stages of the budget
process this Congress.
In addition to legislative action and hearings to prepare
for the budget process, the Committee held a series of
oversight hearings on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
During this Congress, the Administration and a number of
Republicans in Congress were highly critical of CBO,
particularly their estimates of the impact of the Affordable
Care Act on insurance coverage and the budget. Some went as far
as attempting to reduce CBO's budget as a result. These
hearings provided an opportunity for Republicans to air their
concerns and CBO to explain their procedures and approaches.
Democrats focused on how it is important to ask questions and
hold agencies such as CBO accountable for their work, but also
emphasized that there is no evidence to suggest that CBO has a
bias toward any policy or party.
The Democratic Caucus of the Budget Committee published a
variety of materials including those that highlight our
objections to Republican policies and explain why the
Democratic approach would be more beneficial for American
families. In addition, a number of documents provide basic
information about the budget and the reconciliation process,
including a detailed discussion of the budget by function, the
main categorization in the budget resolution.
Legislation Offered by the Democratic Caucus
FISCAL YEAR 2017 BUDGET RESOLUTION
On January 13, 2017, the Republican majority brought a
bare-bones budget resolution to the floor solely to allow for
repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and defunding Planned
Parenthood through the budget reconciliation process.
Dismantling the ACA is the first step in a broader Republican
agenda to make seniors pay more for Medicare, make steep cuts
to Medicaid and food assistance, and gut investments that help
American families. This bare-bones budget vote was all about
politics and wasted an opportunity to address concerns, such as
our failing infrastructure system, that are important to the
American people. The Budget Committee Democrats offered a
substitute on the House floor that invested in our roads,
bridges, ports, and other transportation needs to create jobs
and build a stronger economic future. The Republican-controlled
House rejected this alternative budget.
RECONCILIATION PURSUANT TO THE FY17 BUDGET RESOLUTION
On March 16, 2017, Chairman Black held a Budget Committee
markup to combine language reported from the Energy and
Commerce and Ways and Means Committees in response to
instructions in the fiscal year 2017 budget resolution. The
combined bill, entitled the American Health Care Act of 2017,
would take health insurance away from millions of Americans,
cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, and weaken
the Medicare trust fund while giving corporations and the
wealthy hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts. During the
markup, Democrats offered motions to protect benefits for poor
and middle-class households, maintain funding for Planned
Parenthood, and stop new tax breaks for the wealthy and
corporations. Democrats offered seven motions, and Republicans
rejected every one.
FISCAL YEAR 2018 BUDGET RESOLUTION
On July 19, 2017, during the House Budget Committee markup
of the Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 2018,
Democrats offered 28 different amendments to improve the
budget: if they had been adopted, they would have protected
important investments that help lift millions out of poverty
and increased paychecks for working Americans. They would have
spurred economic growth through immigration reform and made
critical investments that help our economy grow, including in
infrastructure, education, scientific research, and efforts to
combat climate change. They would have also protected the
promises we made to our seniors, our veterans, and the most
vulnerable among us. The amendments offset any proposed
spending or tax breaks for working families by cutting
unproductive special interest tax breaks for the wealthiest and
the well-connected--including closing tax loopholes that allow
inversions and encourage firms to ship jobs and capital
overseas and shelter their profits in foreign tax havens, and
egregious tax breaks such as tax deductions for corporate jets
and special tax rates for hedge fund managers. Republicans
rejected every Democratic amendment.
On October 5, 2017, on the House floor, Budget Committee
Democrats offered a substitute to the Republican 2018 budget
resolution. The Republican budget resolution assumed $5.4
trillion in spending cuts that threatened top priorities like
education, infrastructure, and veteran benefits; and
shortchanged national security by focusing too narrowly on the
military. It also included reconciliation instructions to
reduce deficits by a much smaller amount--$203 billion. These
cuts, if enacted, likely would have fallen heavily on programs
serving low-income families, students struggling to afford
college, and seniors and persons with disabilities. The
Democratic budget rejected these harmful cuts and instead
reflected policies that would have boosted the economy to
create more broadly shared prosperity. It invested in America
and its workers. It made economic growth, good-paying jobs, and
opportunities for American families a top priority. It provided
needed funding for all aspects of our national security and
rejected cuts to diplomacy and foreign aid operations. The
Republican-controlled House rejected this alternative budget.
FISCAL YEAR 2019 BUDGET RESOLUTION
On June 21, 2018, the House Budget Committee approved the
fiscal year 2019 Republican budget resolution. Committee
Democrats offered 26 amendments to the budget to help increase
economic opportunity, secure Americans' health and retirement
security, reform our immigration system, and ensure every
American has access to a basic standard of living. These
amendments rejected the Republican budget's extreme cuts to
Medicare, Medicaid, infrastructure, and nutrition assistance.
They supported our veterans, military spouses, and students,
and opposed the Trump Administration's insidious policy of
separating migrant children from their families at the border.
The Democratic amendments offset any proposed spending by
partially repealing the recent Republican tax law's giveaways
to the wealthy. Republicans rejected every amendment the
Democrats offered.
Publications of the Democratic Caucus
The following publications were prepared by the staff of
the Democratic Caucus of the Committee on the Budget. Only the
most recent version of the publications is listed. The
publications were not approved by the full membership of the
Committee.
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Jan. 1, 2017: Budget Reconciliation Adds Millions to
Ranks of the Uninsured and Undermines
Women's Health Care
Jan. 3, 2017: Price Budget Process Proposal Would Cost
Dearly
Jan. 10, 2017: Republican ACA Repeal Plan Will Make
America Sick Again
Jan. 10, 2017: GOP `Make America Sick Again' Budget Is a
Wasted Opportunity
Jan. 25, 2017: CBO Releases Updated Budget and Economic
Outlook
Feb. 1, 2017: Understanding Sequester: An Update for
the 115th Congress
Feb. 28, 2017: How NDD Investments Help American
Families
Feb. 28, 2017: NDD From A to Z: A Selection of Programs
That Serve the American Public
Feb. 28, 2017: NDD: What is it and why is it at risk?
Mar. 1, 2017: Setting the Record Straight on the Obama
Economy
Mar. 16, 2017: Democratic Motions Opposing GOP ACA
Repeal Bill
Mar. 17, 2017: Report on the President's Preliminary FY
18 Budget
Mar. 22, 2017: The ``Pay More for Less'' Bill: A Massive
Tax Giveaway to Billionaires and
Corporations, Masquerading As Health
Policy
May 1, 2017: What You Need to Know About Means-Tested
Entitlements
May 1, 2017: What You Need to Know About Tax
Expenditures
May 15, 2017: To Meet the Country's Fiscal Challenges,
Revenue and Responsible Governing Must
Be Part of the Solution
May 15, 2017: A GOP Budget Decoder
May 23, 2017: Promises Betrayed: Key Provisions of the
President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2018
May 24, 2017: Promises Betrayed: Lost Opportunities for
American Families
Jun. 6, 2017: The Trump Budget Devastates Rural America
Jun. 6, 2017: Experts React: President's Budget is
``Unsafe, Unwise, and Fiscally
Irresponsible.''
Jun. 6, 2017: Falling Further Behind: American Families
Forgotten by the President's 2018 Budget
Jun. 6, 2017: Fake Math in the President's 2018 Budget
Jun. 6, 2017: Trump Budget to States and Localities:
You're on Your Own
Jul. 12, 2017: ``Budget Cut'' Means the Same Thing
Everywhere
Jul. 18, 2017: House Republican 2018 Budget Abandons
American Families
Jul. 19, 2017: Democratic Amendments to FY18 Republican
Budget
Jul. 26, 2017: The ``Security Minibus'' Omits Funding
for Key Security Programs
Jul. 28, 2017: Republican Budget Abandons American
Families
Sep. 27, 2017: The Debt Ceiling: An Explainer
Oct. 2, 2017: Top Reasons to Support the Democratic
Budget
Oct. 2, 2017: Comparison of Republican Budget and
Democratic Alternative
Oct. 2, 2017: A dozen ways the Republican tax plan
helps the wealthy and corporations, at
the expense of everyone else
Oct. 2, 2017: The Democratic Budget: Investing in
America's Future
Oct. 2, 2017: Republican Tax Plan: Tax Cuts for the
Rich, Paid for by Everyone Else
Oct. 2, 2017: Top Reasons to Oppose the Republican
Budget
Oct. 23, 2017: Top Reasons to Oppose the Republican
Budget
Dec. 1, 2017: SNAP Encourages Work
Dec. 1, 2017: SNAP Participation Doesn't Snap Back--
That's By Design
Dec. 15, 2017: Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Do Not Pay for
Themselves
Dec. 15, 2017: Ten More Ways the House Republican Tax
Scam Gives to the Wealthy, at the
Expense of Everyone Else
Dec. 15, 2017: Tax Bill Would Trigger Cuts to Vital
Programs (PAYGO Sequester)
Dec. 15, 2017: Ten Ways the Republican Tax Plan Scams
American Families So the Rich Can Get
Richer
Dec. 15, 2017: Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Do Not Pay for
Themselves
Jan. 9, 2018: Retirement Security for an Aging
Population Requires Higher Federal
Spending
Jan. 9, 2018: The Farm Bill and the Budget: What You
Need to Know
Jan. 9, 2018: Major Ways the Republican Tax Act Scams
American Families So the Rich Can Get
Richer
Jan. 18, 2018: President Trump's First Year: Budget
Choices Reveal Upside-Down Priorities
Feb. 5, 2018: More Evidence the Republican Tax Scam
Leaves American Families Behind
Feb. 13, 2018: Inefficient, Ineffective, Irresponsible:
A TRUMP BUDGET
Feb. 16, 2018: Trump to States and Localities: Pay For
It Yourself
Feb. 16, 2018: President's Budget Hollows Out Critical
Components of Security
Feb. 16, 2018: The FY19 Trump Budget Devastates Rural
America
Feb. 16, 2018: Trump Budget Features Deceptive
Infrastructure Plan
Feb. 16, 2018: Deceptions in the President's 2019 Budget
Mar. 12, 2018: Understanding Sequester: An Update for
2018
Apr. 9, 2018: U.S. Fiscal Outlook Much Worse After
Republican Tax Scam
Apr. 10, 2018: Extreme Ideology and Political Fear Drive
GOP Calls for Balanced Budget
Constitutional Amendment
Apr. 17, 2018: The Republican Tax Scam Revealed More and
More
Apr. 20, 2018: H.R. 4508 (``The PROSPER Act'') Harms
Students While Enriching Corporations
May 16, 2018: Alarming SNAP Policies in the Republican
Farm Bill
Jun. 11, 2018: Focus on Function
Jun. 19, 2018: The Republican Budget for 2019 Continues
the Destructive Scam
Jun. 22, 2018: Democratic Amendments to FY 2019
Republican Budget
Jul. 27, 2018: President Trump and Congressional
Republicans' Upside-Down Budget
Priorities
Sep. 6, 2018: Budget Reconciliation: The Basics
Sep. 6, 2018: Frequently Asked Questions about the
Federal Budget
Sep. 13, 2018: What It Would Take to Cut Spending by $5
Trillion
Sep. 26, 2018: GOP Economic Policies Contribute Little
to the Paychecks of Most American
Families
Oct. 4, 2018: Democrats are the Party of Fiscal
Responsibility
Nov. 27, 2018: The Budgetary Impact of Climate Change
Nov. 30, 2018: The Earned Income Tax Credit: A Proven
Program that Improves the Lives of
Working Americans
Nov. 30, 2018: The Earned Income Tax Credit Boosts Work,
Reduces Poverty, and Provides Other
Benefits for Working Americans
Nov. 30, 2018: Opportunities to Improve the Earned Tax
Credit
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John Yarmuth,
Ranking member.
Michelle Lujan Grisham.
Hakeem Jeffries.
Suzan DelBene.
Brendan F. Boyle.
Pramila Jayapal.
Sheila Jackson Lee.
Barbara Lee.
Seth Moulton.
Brian Higgins.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
Ro Khanna.
Salud O. Carbajal.
Janice Schakowsky.
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