House Report 110-928 - REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET DURING THE 110th CONGRESS

[House Report 110-928]
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110th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 110-928
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Union Calendar No. 601

REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

DURING THE

110th CONGRESS

January 2, 2009.--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

JOHN M. SPRATT, Jr., South Carolina, Chairman
ROSA L. DeLAURO, Connecticut, PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin,
CHET EDWARDS, Texas Ranking Minority Member
JIM COOPER, Tennessee J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina
THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine JO BONNER, Alabama
ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey
MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio MARIO DIAZ-BALART, Florida
XAVIER BECERRA, California JEB HENSARLING, Texas
LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California
EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho
MARION BERRY, Arkansas PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina
ALLEN BOYD, Florida CONNIE MACK, Florida
JAMES P. McGOVERN, Massachusetts K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas
NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts JOHN CAMPBELL, California
ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio
ROBERT C. ``BOBBY'' SCOTT, Virginia JON C. PORTER, Nevada
BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana
DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska
BRIAN BAIRD, Washington JIM JORDAN, Ohio
DENNIS MOORE, Kansas
TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York
GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin

Professional Staff

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

LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL

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Hon. Lorraine C. Miller,
Clerk of the House of Representatives,
Washington, DC, January 2, 2009
Dear Ms. Miller: 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 for the 110th Congress.
Sincerely,
John M. Spratt, Jr. Chairman.

Union Calendar No. 601
110th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 110-928

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ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET

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January 2, 2009.--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

REPORT

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, the cornerstone of the congressional
budget process, 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
110th 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 2008 BUDGET CYCLE

On March 21, 2007, the House Budget Committee began
consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 99 (H. Con. Res.
99), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2008, with markup of the Chairman's mark. Of the twenty-nine
amendments offered, three were 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
child support collection and compliance. The Committee also
agreed by voice vote to a Sense of House amendment offered by
Mr. Garrett and Mr. Edwards on providing plot allowances to
states for the burial of veterans' spouses and eligible
children in state veteran cemeteries. In addition, the
Committee agreed by voice vote to an amendment offered by Mr.
Etheridge to include policy language on college affordability.
By a vote of 22 to 17, the Budget Committee reported H. Con.
Res. 99 favorably to the House of Representatives and the
report accompanying the concurrent resolution, House Report
110-69, was timely filed.
The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 275, a rule
allowing consideration of H. Con. Res. 99 on March 27, 2007
(House Report 110-79). 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.
Saxton of the Joint Economic Committee. The rule also allowed
for consideration of three alternative budgets: the
Congressional Black Caucus substitute offered by Ms.
Kilpatrick; the Progressive Caucus substitute offered by Ms.
Woolsey; and the Republican substitute offered by Mr. Ryan. The
House adopted H. Res. 275 on March 28, 2007.
Pursuant to H. Res. 275, the House began consideration of
H. Con. Res. 99 on March 28, 2007. All three budget substitutes
made in order were defeated on recorded votes. H. Con. Res. 99
was agreed to by a vote of 216 to 210 on March 29, 2007.
On March 16, 2007, the Senate Budget Committee reported as
an original measure on the fiscal year 2008 budget Senate
Concurrent Resolution 21 (S. Con. Res. 21). The resolution, as
amended, was agreed to in the Senate on March 23, 2007, by a 52
to 47 vote. The House received the message on Senate action
March 28, 2007.
The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 370, a rule
providing for consideration of S. Con. Res. 21 on May 3, 2007
(House report 110-121). The rule made it in order for the House
to strike all after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 21 and
insert the text of H. Con. Res. 99 as adopted by the House. In
addition, the rule made it in order for the House to insist on
its amendment and request a conference with the Senate. On May
8, 2007, the House passed H. Res. 370. The House then agreed to
strike all after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 21 and
insert the provisions of H. Con. Res. 99, insisting on its
amendment and requesting a conference with the Senate. The
House then considered and agreed to a motion to instruct
conferees on. S. Con. Res. 21 that was offered by Mr. Ryan, and
the Speaker appointed conferees.
The Senate received the message on House action on May 8,
2007. On May 9, 2007, the Senate disagreed with the House
amendment and agreed to a request for a conference. Also on May
9, 2007, the Senate considered motions to instruct conferees
and appointed conferees. The message on Senate action was sent
to the House on May 10, 2007.
The conference report on S. Con. Res. 21 (House Report 110-
153) was filed May 16, 2007. The Committee on Rules reported H.
Res. 409, a rule providing for the consideration of the
conference report on S. Con. Res. 21 that allowed one hour of
debate time.
On May 17, 2007, conference papers (including Senate report
language, the manager's statement, and a message on House
action) were held at the Senate desk. The House passed H. Res.
409 and, by a 214 to 209 vote, adopted the conference report.
The Senate agreed to the conference report by a 52 to 40 vote.

FISCAL YEAR 2009 CYCLE

On March 5, 2008, the House Budget Committee began
consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 312 (H. Con. Res.
312), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
2009, with markup of the Chairman's mark. Of the thirty-one
amendments offered, one was adopted. The Committee agreed by
voice vote to a Sense of House amendment offered by Mr. Ryan
and Ms. Moore on the importance of ensuring that children
receive all the child support that is owed to them. By a vote
of 22 to 16, the Budget Committee reported H. Con. Res. 312
favorably to the House of Representatives and the report
accompanying the concurrent resolution, House Report 110-543,
was timely filed.
The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 1036, a rule
allowing consideration of H. Con. Res. 312 on March 11, 2008
(House Report 110-548). 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.
Saxton of the Joint Economic Committee. The rule also allowed
for consideration of three alternative budgets: the
Congressional Black Caucus substitute offered by Ms.
Kilpatrick; the Progressive Caucus substitute offered by Ms.
Lee; and the Republican substitute offered by Mr. Ryan. The
House passed H. Res. 1036 on March 12, 2008.
Pursuant to H. Res. 1036, the House began consideration of
H. Con. Res. 312 on March 12, 2008. All three budget
substitutes made in order were defeated on recorded votes. H.
Con. Res. 312 was agreed to by a vote of 212 to 207 on March
13, 2008.
On March 7, 2008, the Senate Budget Committee reported as
an original measure on the fiscal year 2008 budget Senate
Concurrent Resolution 70 (S. Con. Res. 70). The resolution, as
amended, was agreed to in the Senate on March 14, 2008, by a 51
to 44 vote. The House received the message on Senate action
March 31, 2008.
The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 1190, a rule
providing for consideration of S. Con. Res. 70 on May 13, 2008
(House Report 110-630). The rule took up S. Con. Res. 70 and
did the following: adopted an amendment in the nature of a
substitute consisting of the text of H. Con. Res. 312, as
adopted by the House; adopted such Senate concurrent resolution
as amended; insisted on its amendment; and requested a
conference with the Senate. On May 14, 2008, the House passed
H. Res. 1190. The House then considered and defeated a motion
to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 70 that was offered by
Mr. Ryan, and the Speaker appointed conferees.
The Senate received the message on House action on May 14,
2008. On May 15, 2008, the Senate disagreed with the House
amendment and agreed to a request for a conference. Also on May
15, 2008, the Senate considered motions to instruct conferees
and appointed conferees. The message on Senate action was sent
to the House on May 16, 2008.
The conference report on S. Con. Res. 70 (House Report 110-
659) was filed May 20, 2008. The Committee on Rules then
reported H. Res. 1214, a rule providing for the consideration
of the conference report on S. Con. Res. 70 that allowed one
hour debate time. H. Res. 1214 passed the House on May 21,
2008.
On June 3, 2008, conference papers (including Senate report
language and the manager's statement) were held at the Senate
desk. The Senate agreed to the conference report by a 48 to 45
vote on June 4, 2008. On June 5, 2008, the House adopted the
conference report upon a 214 to 210 vote.

Additional Matters Related to Budget Activities

H. RES. 6

H. Res. 6 is the resolution the House of Representatives
considered in adopting rules for the One Hundred Tenth
Congress. The resolution contains several new budget
enforcement provisions that were adopted in addition to
standard House rules on budget process. The enforcement
provisions are included in House Rule XXI.
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 a six-year and 11-year period.
H. Res. 6 also included separate orders relating to budget
process under section 511 of the resolution. Section 511
provides that references to resolutions in section 306 of the
CBA shall apply to only joint resolutions (not simple or
concurrent resolutions). Section 511 also provides 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. Pursuant to section 511, the concurrent resolution
on the budget for fiscal year 2007, H. Con. Res, 376, remained
in effect until the fiscal year 2008 budget was adopted. The
section also required the Chairman of the Budget Committee
(when elected) to print in the Congressional Record both
committee allocations for the fiscal year 2008 budget and
accounts identified for advance appropriations as referred to
in H. Con. Res. 376 (109th Congress).

BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

The committee worked with authorizing committees and the
Appropriations Committee to monitor legislation and evaluate
its compliance with House rules and the budget resolution.

OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

Under clause 1(d)(1) of House Rule X, a primary
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 law 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 request and
evaluate continuing studies of tax expenditures.
The committee met on January 18, 2007, to organize for the
110th Congress. In addition to adopting rules of procedure for
the committee, 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, State and local officials, and
expert witnesses to review the President's budget submissions
and other alternatives to programs and activities; 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
called on the committee to conduct 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 federal direct spending and tax incentives policies
and the effect those policies have on the Federal budget.
The Budget Committee's oversight plan proposed a total of
26 hearings for the 110th Congress. The Committee exceeded this
plan by holding a total of 43 hearings for the 110th Congress.

Budget Committee Hearings for the 110th Congress

The following is a complete list of hearings held by the
Committee on the Budget during the 110th Congress:

FIRST SESSION
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Date Title Witnesses
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01/18/07 Budgeting for War The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy
Secretary of Defense, Accompanied
by: Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani,
Jr., Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff, The Honorable Tina W. Jonas,
Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller); Steven M. Kosiak,
Center on Strategic and Budgetary
Assessments; Robert A. Sunshine,
Congressional Budget Office
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01/23/07 Why Deficits The Honorable David M. Walker,
Matter Comptroller General of the United
States, Government Accountability
Office; Dr. Edward M. Gramlich,
Richard B. Fisher Senior Fellow,
Urban Institute; Dr. Edwin M.
Truman, Senior Fellow, Peterson
Institute for International
Economics
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01/30/07 The Congressional Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Budget Office's Congressional Budget Office
Budget and
Economic Outlook
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02/06/07 The President's The Honorable Robert J. Portman,
Fiscal Year 2008 Director, Office of Management and
Budget Budget
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02/07/07 Treasury The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr.,
Department Secretary, Department of the
Fiscal Year 2008 Treasury
Budget
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02/13/07 Department of The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt,
Health and Human Secretary, Department of Health and
Services FY 2008 Human Services
Budget
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02/14/07 Members' Day Rep. Collin C. Peterson, MN; Rep. Bob
Goodlatte, VA; Rep. Dennis Cardoza,
CA; Rep. Norman Dicks, WA; Rep.
Julia Carson, IN; Rep. Vernon
Ehlers, MI; Rep. Rush Holt, NJ; Rep.
Nancy Boyda, KS; Rep. Vern Buchanan,
FL; Rep. Rick Larsen, WA; Rep. Frank
Wolf, VA; Rep. Robin Hayes, NC; Rep.
Jim Matheson, UT;Rep. Brian Higgins,
NY; Rep. Michael Turner, OH; Del.
Donna Christensen, Virgin Islands;
Rep. Bob Filner, CA; Rep. James
Oberstar, MN; Rep. Michael Honda,
CA; Rep. Jason Altmire, PA; Rep.
Timothy Walz, MN; Rep. Brad
Ellsworth, IN;Rep. John Boozman, AR;
Rep. Diane Watson, CA; Rep. Rob
Bishop, UT
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02/15/07 U. S. Department Panel I
of Agriculture The Honorable Mike Johanns,
Fiscal Year 2008 Secretary, U.S. Department of
Budget Agriculture Accompanied by: Deputy
Priorities Secretary Charles F. Conner, Budget
Officer; W. Scott Steele, Chief
Economist; Keith Collins
Panel II
Deborah Frank, M.D., Director, Grow
Clinic for Children, Boston Medical
Center; Denise Holland, Executive
Director, Harvest Hope Food Bank,
Columbia, SC
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02/16/07 IRS and the Tax Panel I
Gap The Honorable Mark W. Everson,
Commissioner, Internal Revenue
Service
Panel II
Michael Brostek, Director, Tax
Issues, Strategic Issues Team, U.S.
Government Accountability Office;
Nina E. Olson, National Taxpayer
Advocate, Internal Revenue Service;
The Honorable J. Russell George,
Inspector General for Tax
Administration, U.S. Department of
the Treasury; Chris Edwards,
Director of Tax Policy Studies, CATO
Institute
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02/28/07 Fiscal Challenges The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke,
and the Economy Chairman, Board of Governors of the
in the Long Term Federal Reserve System
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03/01/07 Department of The Honorable R. James ``Jim''
Veterans Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans
Affairs: Fiscal Affairs, Accompanied by: Michael J.
Year 2008 Budget Kussman, MD, MS, MACP, Acting Under
Priorities Secretary for Health; The Honorable
Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary
for Benefits; The Honorable William
F. Tuerk, Under Secretary for
Memorial Affairs; The Honorable
Robert J. Henke, Assistant Secretary
for Management; Robert T. Howard,
Assistant Secretary for Information
and Technology
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03/06/07 The Department of The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy
Defense and the Secretary of Defense
Fiscal Year 2008
Budget
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06/26/07 Foreign Holdings Panel I
of U.S. Debt: Is Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Our Economy Congressional Budget Office
Vulnerable? Panel II
Dr. Robert D. Hormats, Vice Chairman,
Goldman Sachs (International); Dr.
Mickey Levy, Chief Economist, Bank
of America; Dr. Kenneth Rogoff,
Professor of Economics and Thomas D.
Cabot Professor of Public Policy,
Harvard University; Dr. Brad Setser,
Senior Economist, Roubini Global
Economics
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06/28/07 Medicare Panel I
Advantage and Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director,
the Federal Congressional Budget Office; Dr.
Budget Mark E. Miller, Executive Director,
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
Panel II
Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting
Senior Fellow, AEI-Brookings Joint
Center for Regulatory Studies,
Associate Professor of Economics and
of Medicine, Stanford University;
The Honorable Barbara B. Kennelly,
President and Chief Executive
Officer, National Committee to
Preserve Social Security and
Medicare; Patricia Neuman, Sc.D.,
Vice President, Director, Medicare
Policy Project, Henry J. Kaiser
Family Foundation; Robert M. Wah,
M.D., Member, Board of Trustees,
American Medical Association;
Catherine Schmitt, Vice President,
Federal Programs, Blue Cross Blue
Shield of Michigan
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07/17/07 Budgeting to Panel I
Fight Waste, The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt,
Fraud, and Abuse Secretary, U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services
Panel II
Linda Stiff, Deputy Commissioner of
Operations Support, Internal Revenue
Service; Stephen C. Goss, Chief
Actuary, Social Security
Administration; Timothy B. Hill,
Chief Financial Officer, Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services; M.
Patricia Smith, Commissioner, New
York Department of Labor
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07/25/07 Perspectives on Panel I
Renewing Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Statutory PAYGO Congressional Budget Office; The
Honorable David M. Walker,
Comptroller General of the United
States, Government Accountability
Office
Panel II
Robert L. Bixby, Executive Director,
Concord Coalition; Robert
Greenstein, Executive Director,
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities; Maya MacGuineas,
President, Committee for a
Responsible Federal Budget; The
Honorable Pat Toomey, President and
CEO, Club for Growth
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07/31/07 The Costs of Panel I
Military The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy
Operation and Secretary of Defense, accompanied by
Reconstruction Tina Jonas, Under Secretary of
in Iraq and Defense (Comptroller) and Lieutenant
Afghanistan General John F. Sattler, Director
for Strategic Plans and Policy, The
Joint Staff
Panel II
Robert Sunshine, Assistant Director
for Budget Analysis, Congressional
Budget Office; Stuart W. Bowen, Jr.,
Special Inspector General for Iraq
Reconstruction; The Honorable Joseph
Saloom, Ambassador of the United
States and Senior Transition
Advisor, U.S. Department of State;
The Honorable John A. Gastright,
Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary for
South and Central Asian Affairs,
U.S. Department of State
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08/02/07 Hurricanes Stanley Czerwinski, Government
Katrina and Accountability Office; Donald E.
Rita: What Will Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf
Be the Long-Term Coast Rebuilding; Reverend Donald
Effect on the Boutte, Pastor, St. John Baptist
Federal Budget? Church, New Orleans, Louisiana
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09/20/07 Using Taxpayers' The Honorable Clay Johnson, III,
Dollars Most Deputy Director for Management,
Efficiently: Office of Management and Budget; The
Perspectives on Honorable David M. Walker,
Performance Comptroller General of the United
Budgeting States, U. S. Government
Accountability Office, Dr. Peter R.
Orszag, Director, Congressional
Budget Office
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10/4/07 Issues in Federal Kim P. Cawley, Unit Chief, Natural
Government and Physical Resources Cost
Financial Estimates Unit, Congressional Budget
Liabilities: Office; The Honorable Edward F.
Commercial Sproat III, Director, Office of
Nuclear Waste Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management, U.S. Department of
Energy; Michael F. Hertz, Deputy
Assistant Attorney General, Civil
Division, U.S. Department of Justice
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10/18/07 The Tax Code and Leonard E. Burman, Ph.D., Senior
Health Insurance Fellow and Director of the Tax
Coverage Policy Center, Urban Institute;
Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen
Institute
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10/24/07 The Growing Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Budgetary Costs Congressional Budget Office; Amy
of the Iraq War Belasco, Congressional Research
Service; Professor Linda Bilmes,
John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University
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10/25/07 Surface The Honorable Mary E. Peters,
Transportation: Secretary, U. S. Department of
Investment Needs Transportation; Robert A. Sunshine,
and the Budget Deputy Director, Congressional
Budget Office; Janet F. Kavinoky,
Director of Transportation and
Infrastructure, U. S. Chamber of
Commerce; Robert Puentes, Fellow,
the Brookings Institution
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11/01/07 Counting the Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Change: Congressional Budget Office; Robert
Accounting for Greenstein, Executive Director,
the Fiscal Center on Budget and Policy
Impacts of Priorities; David D. Doniger, Policy
Controlling Director, Natural Resources Defense
Carbon Emissions Council; Anne E. Smith, Ph.D., Vice
President, CRA International
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12/05/07 State of the U. Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
S. Economy and Congressional Budget Office; Dr.
the Implications Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker
for the Federal Professor of Economics, Harvard
Budget University, and the President and
CEO, National Bureau of Economic
Research; Dr. C. Fred Bergsten,
Director, Peterson Institute for
International Economics
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12/13/07 CBO's Long-Term Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Budget Outlook Congressional Budget Office
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SECOND SESSION
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Date Title Witnesses
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01/17/08 The Near-Term The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke,
Outlook for the Chairman, Board of Governors of the
U. S. Economy Federal Reserve System

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01/17/08 The Congressional Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
Budget Office's Congressional Budget Office
Budget and
Economic Outlook

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01/29/08 Using Fiscal Lawrence H. Summers, Ph.D., Charles
Policy to W. Eliot University Professor,
Bolster the U.S. Harvard University; Alice M. Rivlin,
Economy Ph.D., Senior Fellow, The Brookings
Institution; Robert Greenstein,
Executive Director, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities; Brian
Wesbury, Chief Economist, First
Trust Advisors, L.P.

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02/07/08 The President's The Honorable Jim Nussle, Director,
Fiscal Year 2009 Office of Management and Budget
Budget

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02/13/08 Treasury The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr.,
Department Secretary, Department of the
Fiscal Year 2009 Treasury
Budget

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02/27/08 Department of The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt,
Health and Human Secretary, Department of Health and
Services Fiscal Human Services
Year 2009 Budget

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02/27/08 Department of The Honorable Gordon R. England,
Defense Fiscal Deputy Secretary of Defense,
Year 2009 Budget Department of Defense

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02/28/08 Members' Day Rep. Christopher Murphy, CT; Rep.
Ciro Rodriguez, TX; Rep. Kathy
Castor, FL; Rep. Mike Honda, CA;
Rep. Gabrielle Gifford, AZ; Rep.
Peter Welch, VT; Rep. Ted Poe, TX;
Rep. Bob Filner, CA; Rep. David
Loebsack, IA; Rep. Chris Carney, PA;
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, NY; Rep. John
Lewis, GA; Rep. Jason Altmire, PA;
Rep. Ron Klein, FL; Rep. Bruce
Braley, IA; Rep. Brian Higgins, NY;
Rep. Vern Ehlers, MI; Rep. Steve
Kagen, WI; Rep. Carol Shea-Porter,
NH; Rep. Rick Larsen, WA; Rep. Rush
Holt, NJ; Rep. Donna Christensen,
VI; Rep. Betty Sutton, OH; Rep. Tim
Walz, MN; Rep. Danny Davis, IL; Rep.
Frank Wolf, VA; Rep. Joe Courtney,
CT; Rep. Vito Fossella, NY; Rep.
Mazie Hirono, HI

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05/08/08 Joint Hearing of Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director,
the Committee on Congressional Budget Office;
Budget and the Patricia A. Dalton, Managing
Committee on Director, Physical Infrastructure
Transportation & Team, Government Accountability
Infrastructure Office
on Financing
Infrastructure
Investments

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06/24/08 The SAFE The Honorable Peter G. Peterson,
Commission Act Chairman, The Peter G. Peterson
(H.R. 3654) and Foundation; The Honorable David M.
the Long-Term Walker, President and CEO, The Peter
Fiscal Challenge G. Peterson Foundation; Robert
Greenstein, Executive Director,
Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities; Henry J. Aaron, Ph.D.,
Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior
Fellow, Economic Studies, The
Brookings Institution; Alison Acosta
Fraser, Director of Economic Policy
Studies, The Heritage Foundation

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07/16/08 Getting Better Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional
Value in Health Budget Office; Jeanne Lambrew,
Care Senior Fellow, Center for American
Progress, Associate Professor,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, University of Texas; David
Gratzer, M.D., Senior Fellow,
Manhattan Institute for Policy
Research

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07/30/08 Rising Food Josette Sheeran, Executive Director,
Prices: Budget United Nations World Food Programme;
Challenges Jared Bernstein, Director of the
Living Standards Program, Economic
Policy Institute; Susan Berkowitz,
Executive Director, South Carolina
Appleseed Legal Justice Center;
Steve H. Hanke, Professor, Johns
Hopkins University, Senior Fellow,
Cato Institute

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09/09/08 A Weakened Lawrence Summers, Ph.D., Charles W.
Economy: How to Eliot University Professor, Kennedy
Respond? School, Harvard University, Former
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
the Treasury; Allen Sinai, Ph.D.,
Chief Global Economist, Strategist,
and President, Decision Economics,
Inc.; David Kreutzer, Ph.D., Senior
Policy Analyst in Energy Economics
and Climate Change, The Heritage
Foundation, Center for Data Analysis

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09/16/08 Iraq's Budget Joseph A. Christoff, Director,
Surplus International Affairs and Trade,
U.S. Government Accountability
Office; Christopher M. Blanchard,
Analyst in Middle Eastern Affairs,
Congressional Research Service;
Frederick W. Kagan, Ph.D., Resident
Scholar, American Enterprise
Institute; Lawrence J. Korb, Ph.D.,
Senior Fellow, Center for American
Progress

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09/24/08 Federal Responses Dr. Peter Orszag, Director,
to Market Congressional Budget Office
Turmoil: What's
the Impact on
the Budget?

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09/25/08 Budget Reform Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee
Proposals for for a Responsible Federal Budget;
the 111th Richard Kogan, Senior Fellow on
Congress Federal Budgeting, The Center on
Budget and Policy Priorities; C.
Eugene Steuerle, Ph.D., Vice
President, Peter G. Peterson
Foundation

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10/20/08 Economic The Honorable Benjamin S. Bernanke,
Recovery: Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Options and Federal Reserve System; Martin N.
Challenges Baily, Ph.D., Senior Fellow,
Brookings Institution; Iris J. Lav,
Deputy Director, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities; William W.
Beach, Director, Center for Data
Analysis; The Heritage Foundation
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Legislative History of Measures on Which Action Was Taken

The Committee on the Budget acted on the following
legislative measures:

FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET RESOLUTION

House Concurrent Resolution 99

Sponsor--Chairman John M. Spratt, Jr.
Title--Revising the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2007, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2008, and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012.
March 23, 2007--The House Committee on the Budget reported an
original measure, H. Rept. 110-69, by Mr. Spratt.
March 23, 2007--Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.
March 27, 2007--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 275 reported
to House. Rule provided for consideration of H. Con.
Res. 99 with 4 hours of general debate.
March 28, 2007--Rule H. Res. 275 passed House.
March 28, 2007--Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res.
275.
March 29, 2007--The previous question was ordered pursuant to
the rule.
March 29, 2007--On agreeing to the resolution agreed to by the
Yeas and Nays: 216--210 (Roll no. 212).
March 29, 2007--Motion to reconsider laid on the table agreed
to without objection.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 21

March 28, 2007--Received in the House
May 3, 2007--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 370 reported to
House. Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res.
21. Upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall be
in order to consider in the House, S. Con. Res. 21. All
points of order against consideration of the concurrent
resolution are waived. The concurrent resolution shall
be considered as read. It shall be in order to strike
out all after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 21
and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H. Con.
Res. 99 as adopted by the House. It shall then be in
order for the House to insist on its amendment to S.
Con. Res. 21 and to ask for a conference.
May 8, 2007--Rule H. Res. 370 passed House.
May 8, 2007--Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res.
21. Upon the adoption of this resolution, it shall be
in order to consider in the House, S. Con. Res. 21. All
points of order against consideration of the concurrent
resolution are waived. The concurrent resolution shall
be considered as read. It shall be in order to strike
out all after the resolving clause of S. Con. Res. 21
and insert in lieu thereof the provisions of H. Con.
Res. 99 as adopted by the House. It shall then be in
order for the House to insist on its amendment to S.
Con. Res. 21 and to ask for a conference.
May 8, 2007--The House struck all after the enacting clause and
inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar
measure H. Con. Res. 99. Agreed to without objection.
May 8, 2007--On agreeing to the resolution: Agreed to by the
Yeas and Nays: 212--207 (Roll no. 307).
May 8, 2007--Motion to reconsider laid on the table agreed to
without objection.
May 8, 2007--On motion that the House insist on its amendment
and request a conference agreed to without objection.
May 8, 2007--Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct
conferees.
May 8, 2007--The previous question was ordered without
objection.
May 8, 2007--On motion that the House instruct conferees agreed
to by the Yeas and Nays: 364-57 (Roll no. 308).
May 8, 2007--Motion to reconsider laid on the table agreed to
without objection.
May 8, 2007--The Speaker appointed conferees: Spratt, DeLauro,
Edwards, Ryan (WI), and Barrett (SC).
May 8, 2007--Message on the House action received in Senate and
held at the desk.
May 9, 2007--Senate disagreed to House amendment, agreed to
request for conference.
May 10, 2007--Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 16, 2007--Conference report H. Rept. 110-153 filed.
May 16, 2007--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 409 reported
to House. Rule provides for consideration of the
conference report to S. Con. Res. 21. All points of
order against the conference report and against its
consideration are waived. The conference report shall
be considered as read and shall be debatable for one
hour.
May 17, 2007--Conference papers held at the desk in Senate.
May 17, 2007--Conference report considered in Senate by
unanimous consent.
May 17, 2007--H. Res. 409 passed House.
May 17, 2007--The previous question was ordered pursuant to the
rule.
May 17, 2007--Motion to reconsider laid on the table agreed to
without objection.
May 17, 2007--On agreeing to the conference report agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 214--209 (Roll no. 377).
May 17, 2007--Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay
vote of 52-40. Record vote number: 172.
May 17, 2007--Message on Senate action sent to the House.

FISCAL YEAR 2009 BUDGET RESOLUTION

House Concurrent Resolution 312

Sponsor--Chairman John M. Spratt, Jr.
Title--Revising the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2008, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2009, and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2010 through 2013.
March 7, 2008--The House Committee on the Budget reported an
original measure, H. Rept. 110-543, by Mr. Spratt.
March 7, 2008--Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 331.
March 11, 2008--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1036
reported to House. Rule provided for consideration of
H. Con. Res. 312 with 4 hours of general debate.
March 12, 2008--Rule H. Res. 1036 passed House.
March 12, 2008--Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res.
1036.
March 13, 2008--The previous question was ordered pursuant to
the rule.
March 13, 2008--Motion to reconsider laid on the table agreed
to without objection.
March 13, 2008--On agreeing to the resolution agreed to by the
Yeas and Nays: 212--207 (Roll no. 141).
May 13, 2008--Rules Committee resolution H. Res. 1190 reported
to House. Rule provides for consideration of S. Con.
Res. 70 and H. Con. Res. 312. The rule adopts an
amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of
the text of H. Con. Res. 312 as adopted by the House,
adopts S. Con. Res. 70, as amended, and provides that
the House insists on its amendment and requests a
conference with the Senate.
May 14, 2008--Rule H. Res. 1190 passed House.
May 14, 2008--Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1190, H.
Con. Res. 312 is laid on the table.

Senate Concurrent Resolution 70

March 31, 2008--Received in the House.
May 14, 2008--Considered under the provisions of H. Res. 1190
May 14, 2008--Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res.
70 and H. Con. Res. 312. The rule adopts an amendment
in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text H.
Con. Res. 312 as adopted by the House, adopts S. Con.
Res. 70, as amended, and provides that the House
insists on its amendment and requests a conference with
the Senate.
May 14, 2008--The House struck all after the enacting clause
and inserted in lieu thereof provisions of a similar
measure, H. Con. Res. 312. Agreed to without objection.
May 14, 2008--On agreeing to the resolution: agreed without
objection.
May 14, 2008--On motion that the House insist on its amendment,
and request a conference agreed to without objection.
May 14, 2008--Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct
conferees.
May 14, 2008--The previous question was ordered without
objection.
May 14, 2008--Message on House action received in Senate.
May 14, 2008--On motion that the House instruct conferees
failed by the Yeas and Nays: 185-229 (Roll no. 321).
May 14, 2008--Motion to reconsider laid on the table agreed to
without objection.
May 14, 2008--The Speaker appointed conferees: Spratt, DeLauro,
Edwards, Ryan (WI), and Barrett (SC).
May 15, 2008--Senate disagreed to House amendment, agreed to
request for conference.
May 16, 2008--Message on Senate action sent to the House.
May 20, 2008--Conference report H. Rept. 110-659 filed.
May 20, 2008--Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1214 reported
to House. Rule provides for consideration of the
conference report to S. Con. Res. 70. All points of
order against the conference report and against its
consideration are waived. The conference report shall
be considered as read and shall be debatable for one
hour.
May 21, 2008--Rule H. Res. 1214 passed House.
June 3, 2008--Conference papers held at the desk in Senate.
June 4, 2008--Pursuant to the order of the Senate of June 3,
2008, the Senate voted on adoption of the conference
report to accompany S. Con. Res. 70.
June 4, 2008--Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay
vote: 48-45.
June 5, 2008--Mr. Spratt brought up conference report H. Rept.
110-659 for consideration under the provisions of H.
Res. 1214.
June 5, 2008--The previous question was ordered without
objection.
June 5, 2008--Motions to reconsider laid on the table agreed to
without objection.
June 5, 2008--On agreeing to the conference report agreed to by
the Yeas and Nays: 214--210 (Roll no. 382).

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:

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED
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Resolution/
Bill Sponsor Title
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H. Con. Res. Rep. Spratt, John M., Revising the congressional
99 Jr. [D-SC-5] budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year
2007, establishing the
congressional budget for the
United States Government for
fiscal year 2008, and setting
forth appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2009
through 2012.

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H. Con. Res. Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI- Establishing the congressional
109 1] budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2008
and setting forth appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2009 through 2012

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H. Con. Res. Rep. Spratt, John M., Revising the congressional
312 Jr. [D-SC-5] budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year
2008, establishing the
congressional budget for the
United States Government for
fiscal year 2009, and setting
forth appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal years 2010
through 2013.

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H. Res. 27 Rep. Spratt, John M., To institute a Pay-As-You-Go
Jr. [D-SC-5] rule in the House of
Representatives for the 110th
Congress.

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H. Res. 28 Rep. Spratt, John M., To institute a reconciliation
Jr. [D-SC-5] rule in the House of
Representatives for the 110th
Congress.

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H. J. Res. 52 Rep. Obey, David R. [D- Making continuing appropriations
WI-7] for the fiscal year 2008, and
for other purposes.

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H.R.6 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., Energy Independence and Security
II [D-WV-3] Act of 2007

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H.R.93 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny Social Security Protection Act
[R-FL-5] of 2007

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H.R.352 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA- Poverty Impact Trigger Act of
9] 2007

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H.R.419 Rep. Lucas, Frank D. [R- Natural Disaster Relief Act
OK-3]

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H.R.473 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R- SAFE Commission Act
VA-10]

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H.R.489 Rep. McHenry, Patrick Commission On Reforming
T. [R-NC-10] Entitlement Spending Act

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H.R.595 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO- Stimulating Leadership in
2] Limiting Expenditures (or
`SLICE') Act of 2007

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H.R.689 Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI- Legislative Line Item Veto Act
1] of 2007

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H.R.925 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA- Emergency Farm Assistance Act of
21] 2007

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H.R.1050 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA- A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act
9]

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H.R.1090 Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY- Social Security Guarantee Plus
2] Act of 2007

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H.R.1121 Rep. Barrett, J. Government Waste Reduction Act
Gresham [R-SC-3] of 2007

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H.R.1122 Rep. Barrett, J. Emergency Spending Control Act
Gresham [R-SC-3] of 2007

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H.R.1322 Rep. Tierney, John F. Emergency Retiree Health
[D-MA-6] Benefits Protection Act of 2007

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H.R.1353 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D- Social Security Protection and
KS-3] Truth in Budgeting Act of 2007

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H.R.1375 Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R- Earmark Accountability and
FL-13] Reform Act of 2007

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H.R.1442 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R- Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2007
TX-1]

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H.R.1789 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ- To require the Congressional
6] Budget Office and the Joint
Committee on Taxation to use
dynamic economic modeling in
addition to static economic
modeling in the preparation of
budgetary estimates of proposed
changes in Federal revenue law.

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H.R.1998 Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI- Congressional Accountability and
1] Line-Item Veto Act of 2007

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H.R.2084 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R- Family Budget Protection Act of
TX-5] 2007

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H.R.2187 Rep. Alexander, Rodney To make emergency supplemental
[R-LA-5] appropriations for Katrina
recovery for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes.

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H.R.2206 Rep. Obey, David R. [D- U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans'
WI-7] Care, Katrina Recovery, and
Iraq Accountability
Appropriations Act, 2007

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H.R.2207 Rep. Obey, David R. [D- Agricultural Disaster Assistance
WI-7] and Western States Emergency
Unfinished Business
Appropriations Act, 2007

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H.R.2372 Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. WEAN Off of Oil Act of 2007
[D-CT-3]

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H.R.2469 Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R- Biennial Budgeting Act of 2008
KY-1]

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H.R.2574 Rep. Udall, Mark [D-CO- Iraq Study Group Recommendations
2] Implementation Act of 2007

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H.R.2685 Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D- Fiscal Honesty and
IN-9] Accountability Act of 2007

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H.R.2686 Rep. Hill, Baron P. [D- Budget Enforcement and
IN-9] Accountability Act of 2007

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H.R.2784 Rep. Peterson, John E. National Environment and Energy
[R-PA-5] Development Act

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H.R.2809 Rep. Inslee, Jay [D-WA- New Apollo Energy Act of 2007
1]

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H.R.2941 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Victims of Crime Act
Preservation Fund Act of 2007

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H.R.3400 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis Rebuilding America's
J. [D-OH-10] Infrastructure

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H.R.3654 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN- SAFE Commission Act
5]

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H.R.3655 Rep. Cooper, Jim [D-TN- Bipartisan Task Force for
5] Responsible Fiscal Action Act
of 2007

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H.R.3738 Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R- Earmark Reform Act of 2007
GA-11]

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H.R.3958 Rep. Bachmann, Michele Truth in Accounting Act of 2007
[R-MN-6]

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H.R.4104 Rep. Wicker, Roger F. Military Construction and
[R-MS-1] Veterans Affairs and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act,
2008

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H.R.4156 Rep. Obey, David R. [D- Orderly and Responsible Iraq
WI-7] Redeployment Appropriations
Act, 2008

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H.R.4181 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ- Securing Medicare and Retirement
6] for Tomorrow Act of 2007

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H.R.4338 Rep. Walberg, Timothy Social Security and Medicare
[R-MI-7] Lock-Box Act

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H.R.4664 Rep. Kuhl, John R. Social Security Surplus
``Randy'', Jr. [R-NY- Protection Act of 2007
29]

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H.R.5180 Rep. Loebsack, David [D- Making supplemental
IA-2] appropriations for fiscal year
2008 for the Department of
Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial
Justice Assistance Grant
program

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H.R.5444 Rep. Clyburn, James E. Job Investment and Economic
[D-SC-6] Stimulus Act of 2008

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H.R.5541 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., Federal Land Assistance,
II [D-WV-3] Management and Enhancement Act

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H.R.5678 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D- Neighborhood Rescue and
CA-35] Stabilization Act of 2008

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H.R.5995 Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI- Gas Tax Relief and Earmark
1] Moratorium Act of 2008

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H.R.6026 Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA- Clean Global War on Terror
41] Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 2008

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H.R.6053 Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI- Price Stability Act of 2008
1]

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H.R.6086 Rep. Alexander, Rodney To make emergency supplemental
[R-LA-5] appropriations for Katrina
recovery for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2007, and
for other purposes.

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H.R.6105 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus Fiscal Integrity through
G. [R-MI-11] Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008

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H.R.6110 Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI- Roadmap for America's Future Act
1] of 2008

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H.R.6132 Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX- To authorize the use of amounts
6] in the Nuclear Waste Fund to
promote the recycling of spent
nuclear fuel, and for other
purposes.

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H.R.6385 Rep. Kirk, Mark Steven Apollo Energy Independence Act
[R-IL-10] of 2008

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H.R. 6427 Rep. Welch, Peter [D- Warm in Winter and Cool in
VT] Summer Act

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H.R.6538 Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol Home Energy Assistance Through
[D-NH-1] Emergency Relief Act

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H.R.6594 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn James Zadroga 9/11 Health and
B. [D-NY-14] Compensation Act of 2008

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H.R.6690 Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] Sound Dollar and Economic
Stimulus Act of 2008

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H.R.6709 Rep. Peterson, John E. National Conservation,
[R-PA-5] Environment, and Energy
Independence Act

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H.R.6899 Rep. Rahall, Nick J., Comprehensive American Energy
II [D-WV-3] Security and Consumer
Protection Act

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H.R.6964 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R- Unfunded Mandates Information
NC-5] and Transparency Act of 2008

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H.R.6967 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Debt Repayment Instead of Pork
Cathy [R-WA-5] Act of 2008

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H.R.7014 Rep. English, Phil [R- NAFTA Modernization Trade
PA-3] Negotiating Authority Act

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H.R.7110 Rep. Obey, David R. [D- Job Creation and Unemployment
WI-7] Relief Act of 2008

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H.R.7206 Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX- Spending Reform Act of 2008
8]

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H.R.7223 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R- Free Market Protection Act of
TX-5] 2008

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H.R.7229 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D- Children's Budget Act
IL-7]

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H.R.7321 Rep. Frank, Barney [D- Auto Industry Financing and
MA-4] Restructuring Act
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Committee Publications and Reports
of the Democratic Caucus

FIRST SESSION
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Date Title
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PUBLICATIONS

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January 25, 2007 Budgeting for War Costs

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February 20, 2007 Why Deficits Matter

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March 21, 2007 Overview of the Chairman's Mark

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September 7, 2007 CBO Summer Budget Update

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November 7, 2007 The President's 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats: What's at Stake? A State-by-State Analysis of Key Programs in the Labor-
Health-Education and Military Construction-Veterans Conference Agreement

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REPORTS

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May 16, 2007 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008 (H. Rpt. 110-153, conference report to accompany S. Con. Res.
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SECOND SESSION
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Date Title
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PUBLICATIONS

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October 2, 2008 Iraq's Budget Surplus

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REPORTS

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May 20, 2008 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009 ( H. Rpt. 110-659, conference report to accompany S. Con. Res.
70)
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House Budget Committee Minority Caucus Publications

The following publications 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

Reports
Economy: GDP Growth at a Robust 3.5% in 4th Quarter: Real
Growth Picks Up Steam [1/31/2007]
Entitlements: Democrats' Lay the Groundwork for Massive Tax
Hikes, Inaction on Entitlements [2/08/2007]
Economy: Mounting Revenues and Shrinking Deficits Support Low-
Tax, Limited Spending Policies [3/12/2007]
Democrat Budget: Higher Taxes, Higher Spending, An Absence of
Reform [3/21/2007]
Democrat Budget: Deliberate Disregard for Spending Discipline
[3/22/2007]
Democrat Budget: The Largest Tax Increase In American History
[3/22/2007]
Supplemental: Democrat Supplemental is a Budget Buster [3/23/
2007]
Democrat Budget: Spend Now, Save Later [3/23/2007]
Democrat Budget: Fiscal Sleight-of-Hand: Democrat Budget
Gimmicks and Hypocrisy [3/23/2007]
Democrat Budget: Real Tax Hikes, Real People [3/26/2007]
Democrat Budget: Raising Taxes on Your Constituents [3/27/2007]
Republican Budget: Myth and Facts: The House Republican budget
[4/01/2007]
Entitlements: Trustees Intensify Warnings on Coming Entitlement
Crisis [4/23/2007]
Supplemental: Ryan / Lewis Letter [4/24/2007]
Supplemental: Shattering Budget Discipline [4/25/2007]
Supplemental: Conference Measure for U.S. Troops Still Larded
with Add-Ons [4/25/2007]
Republican Motion to Instruct Conferees: [5/08/2007]
Supplemental: Ninety-Five Days Later: Two-Part Supplemental Do-
Over Still Heavy with Unneeded Add-Ons [5/10/2007]
Supplemental: The Democrats' Supplemental Two-Step (Part two)
HR 2207 [5/10/2007]
Conference Report: Higher Taxes, Higher Spending, No Reform [5/
17/2007]
Conference Report: Higher Spending [5/17/2007]
Conference Report: Higher Taxes [5/17/2007]
Conference Report: No Entitlement Reform [5/17/2007]
Conference Report: The Continued Raid on Social Security [5/17/
2007]
Conference Report: Pay-As-You-Go Hypocrisy [5/17/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY--
First Installment in the Democrats' 2008 Spending Spree
(H.R. 2638) [06/11/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: FOREIGN OPS--
State and Foreign Operations (H.R. 2764)[06/20/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: LEGISLATIVE--
Legislative Branch Appropriations (H.R. 2771) [06/22/
2007]
The Farm Bill--Another Slush Fund, Full of Empty Promises [6/
22/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR--
More Spending--And Another Veto Threat (H.R. 2643) [06/
26/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: FINANCIAL SERVICES--
A 9.9-Percent Increase, and $34 Million In Earmarks (H.R.
2829) [06/27/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER: Supplemental Report--
$5.6 Billion in Earmarks Identified (H.R. 2641) [07/16/
2007]
The Farm Bill Budget--Sufficient or Starved? [7/16/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION--
$11 Billion Above the Presidents Request (H.R. 3043) [07/
17/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: TRANSPORTATION--HOUSING--
Looming Highway Trust Fund Bankruptcy (H.R. 3074) [07/23/
2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE--JUSTICE--SCIENCE--
Another Bill--Another Increase (H.R. 3093) [07/24/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE--JUSTICE--SCIENCE--
Long--Version (H.R. 3093) [07/24/2007]
The Farm Bill Reauthorization--More Spending, No Reform, a
PAYGO Sham [7/25/2007]
The Farm Bill 'Grand Design'--Is This What PAYGO Really Means?
[7/25/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: AGRICULTURE--
Another Billion--Dollar Spending Spree (H.R. 3161) [07/
30/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: AGRICULTURE--
Long--Version (H.R. 3161) [07/30/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE--
Illuminating the Democratic Priorities (H.R. 3222) [07/
31/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE--
Long--Version (H.R. 3222) [07/31/2007]
SCHIP Reauthorization: The Democrats' SCHIP Agenda--A Fiscal
and Health Care Wreck (HR 3162) [8/01/2007]
SCHIP: Swelling Entitlements, Raising Taxes, Promoting Social
Medicine (HR 3162) [8/01/2007]
Reconciliation: The Education Bill: Student Aid--A Trojan Horse
for Nine New Entitlements (H.R. 2669) [8/03/2007]
Energy Bill: The Majority Energy Bill--Another Unfilled Promise
(H.R. 3221) [8/03/2007]
Budget and Economic Outlook: FY07 Deficit Falls to $158
Billion: Democrats' Tax and Spend Plan Threatens
Progress [8/23/2007]
Budget and Economic Outlook: Revenue Again Outperforms
Estimates--But Democrats' Higher Spending Plans
Threaten Balance by 2012 [8/23/2007]
Budget and Economic Outlook: CBO Confirms Decline in 2007
Deficit: But Higher Spending Threatens the Trend [8/23/
2007]
Reconciliation: Higher Education Reconciliation: When Doing
Something Is Worse Than Doing Nothing (H.R.2669) [9/07/
2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: FISCAL YEAR '08 CR--
Set-up for the Spending Showdown [09/20/2007]
The Majority's SCHIP Plan--$40-Billion Bait--and--Switch [9/24/
2007]
PAY-AS-YOU-GO: The Majority's PAYGO Arithmetic [9/24/2007]
The Majority's SCHIP Plan: SCHIP Reauthorization [9/25/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: FISCAL YEAR '08 CR--
Continuing Resolution H. J. Res. 52 [09/26/2007]
Taxpayer Choice Act: Summary [10/03/2007]
Taxpayer Choice Act: Detailed Description [10/03/2007]
PAY-AS-YOU-GO: Truth about Democrats' PAYGO [10/04/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: THE APPROPRIATION STATUS--
When $21 Billion = $204 Billion [10/23/2007]
Chairman Rangel's Tax Overhaul: [AMT] The Democrats' True
Intentions [10/25/2007]
The Majority's AMT Patch: Taking Tax Hikes, And Taxpayers, For
Granted [11/05/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION/MIL CON-VA APPROPRIATIONS--
Conference Report: The Beginning of the Endgame (H.R.
3043) [11/06/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS/CONTINUING RESOLUTION--
Placing Gamesmanship Over Security (H.R. 3222) [11/07/
2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: TRANSPORTATION--HOUSE AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
[CONFERENCE REPORT]--
Inviting Another Veto (H.R. 3074) [11/14/2007]
Economic Update: Challenging Times for Monetary, Fiscal Policy
[11/15/2007]
Democrats' Tax and Spend Agenda: Growing Threat to American
Prosperity [12/05/2007]
The House Democrats' Second AMT Patch: Temporary 'Relief,'
Lasting Damage [12/12/2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: FISCAL YEAR 2008 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATION BILL--
A Sweeping Year-End Spending Bill (H.R. 2764) [12/17/
2007]
APPROPRIATIONS: DEMOCRATS' FINAL OMNIBUS APPROPRIATION--
A Clumsy and Cumbersome End-of-Session Bill (H.R. 2764
amended) [12/19/2007]
The Majority's Final AMT Patch: Getting it Right--After
Needless Delay [12/19/2007]

SECOND SESSION

Reports
President's Budget: The President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget [2/
4/2008]
President's Budget: Fiscal Overview of the President's Budget--
Summary [2/4/2008]
President's Budget: President's FY09 Budget VS Congressional
Democrats' Budget Record [2/4/2008]
The House Democratic Budget: Raising Taxes on Your Constituents
[3/4/2008]
The House Democrats' Budget: Raising Taxes on Your Constituents
[03/05/2008]
The House Democratic Budget: The Status Quo--And Then Some [3/
6/2008]
The House Democratic Budget: Budget Democrats' Choose Pork Over
Paychecks [3/6/2008]
Summary of the Republican Substitute: Budget Resolution for
Fiscal Year 2009 [3/11/2008]
Republican Substitute: Talking Points--Budget Resolution for
Fiscal Year 2009 [3/12/2008]
The House Democratic Budget: Spend Now, Spend Later [3/12/2008]
The House Democratic Budget: The Majority's Entitlement Failure
[3/12/2008]
The House Democratic Budget: Real Tax Hikes, Real People [3/12/
2008]
Medicare, Social Security Financial Status: Fact Sheet [3/25/
2008]
Ryan Statement on 'Tax Day': Tax Day 2008 [04/15/2008]
2008 Farm Bill: Will the 2008 Farm Bill Dodge PAYGO? [4/30/
2008]
The 2008 Farm Bill--Will the 2008 Farm Bill Dodge PAYGO? [4/30/
2008]
2008 Farm Bill: Farm Bill & PAYGO: Ryan Motion to Instruct Q &
A [5/5/2008]
2008 Farm Bill: Subsidizing Wealthy Farmers, While Food Prices
Soar [5/14/2008]
The 2008 Farm Bill--Conference Report: Subsidizing Wealthy
Farmers, While Food Prices Soar [5/14/2008]
PAYGO Waived: Hiding Billions in New Costs [5/14/2008]
2008 Farm Bill: PAYGO Waived--Hiding Billions in New Costs [5/
14/2008]
Farm Bill / Budget Foul-Up: PAYGO Violation Stalls Passage of
Congressional Budget [5/22/2008]
Budget Conference Report FY09: Higher Spending, Higher Taxes,
No Reform [6/4/2008]
Budget Conference Report FY09: The Democrats' Record Debt Hike
[6/4/2008]
Budget Conference Report FY09: The Largest Tax Increase in
History, However They Slice it [6/4/2008]
Democratic budget & Largest Tax Increase in History--CBO
Removes Fig Leaf [06/18/2008]
Democratic budget & Largest Tax Increase in History--Letter
from CBO [06/18/2008]
APPROPRIATIONS: Emergency War Supplemental FY 2008--2009
(H.R. 2642 ) [06/20/2008]
The Medicare 'Doc Fix' (H.R. 6331)--Abusing the Process with
Budgetary Gimmicks [6/24/2008]
The House Democrat's AMT Patch--Creating More Tax Uncertainty
[06/25/2008]
Monthly Economic Update: June 26, 2008 [6/26/2008]
PAYGO's Continued Demise...: Except to Force Tax Increases [6/
27/2008]
The Dilemma: Understanding the Dilemma of Fannie and Freddie
[7/17/2008]
Ryan Statement: Commending CBO on its Analysis of Treasury GSE
Proposal [7/22/2008]
The Medicare Trigger--Turning Off the Medicare Trigger: Worse
than Doing Nothing [7/23/2008]
The Dilemma [updated]: Understanding the Dilemma of Fannie and
Freddie [7/23/2008]
Highway Trust fund: The Broken Highway Trust Fund [7/23/2008]
APPROPRIATIONS: Fiscal Year 2009 MILCON/VA Appropriations Bill
(H.R. 6599 ) [07/30/2008]
The Further Unraveling of PAYGO: Except to Force Tax Increase
[7/31/2008]
Failures of the Democrats' First Budget: CBO's Update for
Fiscal Year 2008 [9/9/2008]
Energy Bill: The Majority Energy Bill--Higher Taxes, Higher
Spending--Less Energy(H.R. 6899) [9/16/2008]
Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision Act--More Risk to Taxpayers--
And Another PAYGO Scam [9/18/2007]
The Potential Budget Impact of Government Intervention: The
Proposed Financial System Rescue [9/23/2008]
APPROPRIATIONS: The Consolidated Security, disaster Assistance,
and Continuing Appropriations Act 2009; CR + Minibus +
Supplemental Spending (H.R. 2638) [09/24/2008]
Second Stimulus: Just Another Excuse to Spend (H.R. 7110) [9/
26/2008]
The Problem for Main Street: Why Economic Stabilization is
Necessary [10/02/2008]
Treasury Final 2008 Monthly Statement: Rep. Ryan Statement [10/
16/2008]
A $300--Billion ``Stimulus'' Bill: With Questionable Economic
Benefit [10/22/2008]
Federal Loans for American Auto Manufacturers: H.R. 7321 [12/
11/2008]

Minority Addendum

The minority staff also assisted the Ranking Member with
the preparation of a report and legislation on the entitlement
crisis. The Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008 (HR 6110),
introduced on 21 May 2008, would address the long-term
entitlement crisis by reforming entitlement programs and the
tax code to put the budget and economy on a sustainable path.