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" ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 110TH CONGRESS

2d Session 

REPORT

2009

110–928 

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, 

CHET EDWARDS, Texas 

JIM COOPER, Tennessee 

THOMAS H. ALLEN, Maine 

ALLYSON Y. SCHWARTZ, Pennsylvania 

MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio 

XAVIER BECERRA, California 

LLOYD DOGGETT, Texas 

EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon 

MARION BERRY, Arkansas 

ALLEN BOYD, Florida 

JAMES P. MCGOVERN, Massachusetts 

NIKI TSONGAS, Massachusetts 

ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey 

ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia 

BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina 

DARLENE HOOLEY, Oregon 

BRIAN BAIRD, Washington 

DENNIS MOORE, Kansas 

TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York 

GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin 

PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, 

Ranking Minority Member 

J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina 

JO BONNER, Alabama 

SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey 

MARIO DIAZ–BALART, Florida 

JEB HENSARLING, Texas 

DANIEL E. LUNGREN, California 

MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho 

PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina 

CONNIE MACK, Florida 

K. MICHAEL CONAWAY, Texas 

JOHN CAMPBELL, California 

PATRICK J. TIBERI, Ohio 

JON C. PORTER, Nevada 

RODNEY ALEXANDER, Louisiana 

ADRIAN SMITH, Nebraska 

JIM JORDAN, Ohio 

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

THOMAS S. KAHN, Staff Director and Chief Counsel 

AUSTIN SMYTHE, Minority Staff Director 


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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 

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. 


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Union Calendar No. 601 

110TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 110–928 

ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE 

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 

JANUARY 2, 2009.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

Mr. SPRATT of South Carolina, from the Committee on the 

Budget, submitted the following 

R E P O R T 

JURISDICTION AND FUNCTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Committee on the Budget was established by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. The Budget Committee is responsible for 

developing and reporting the annual congressional budget resolution, assembling and reporting any reconciliation legislation required by that resolution, and implementing and governing the 

congressional budget process generally. 

The budget resolution, 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: 


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(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 offbudget 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 


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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 


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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 


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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 


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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 

Date Title Witnesses 

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 

01/23/07 Why Deficits Matter The Honorable David M. Walker, 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 

01/30/07 The Congressional Budget 

Office’s Budget and Economic Outlook 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office 

02/06/07 The President’s Fiscal Year 

2008 Budget 

The Honorable Robert J. Portman, Director, Office of Management and Budget 

02/07/07 Treasury Department Fiscal 

Year 2008 Budget 

The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary, Department of the Treasury 

02/13/07 Department of Health and 

Human Services FY 2008 

Budget 

The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services 

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 

02/15/07 U. S. Department of Agriculture Fiscal Year 2008 

Budget Priorities 

Panel I 

The Honorable Mike Johanns, Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Accompanied by: Deputy 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, 

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FIRST SESSION—Continued 

Date Title Witnesses 

02/16/07 IRS and the Tax Gap Panel I 

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 

02/28/07 Fiscal Challenges and the 

Economy in the Long Term 

The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

03/01/07 Department of Veterans Affairs: Fiscal Year 2008 

Budget Priorities 

The Honorable R. James ‘‘Jim’’ Nicholson, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Accompanied by: Michael J. Kussman, MD, MS, MACP, Acting Under 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 

03/06/07 The Department of Defense 

and the Fiscal Year 2008 

Budget 

The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense 

06/26/07 Foreign Holdings of U.S. 

Debt: Is Our Economy Vulnerable? 

Panel I 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office 

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 

06/28/07 Medicare Advantage and the 

Federal Budget 

Panel I 

Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Dr. 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 

07/17/07 Budgeting to Fight Waste, 

Fraud, and Abuse 

Panel I 

The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, 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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FIRST SESSION—Continued 

Date Title Witnesses 

07/25/07 Perspectives on Renewing 

Statutory PAYGO 

Panel I 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, 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 

07/31/07 The Costs of Military Operation and Reconstruction in 

Iraq and Afghanistan 

Panel I 

The Honorable Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense, accompanied 

by Tina Jonas, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Lieutenant 

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 

08/02/07 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: 

What Will Be the Long-Term 

Effect on the Federal Budget? 

Stanley Czerwinski, Government Accountability Office; Donald E. Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding; Reverend Donald Boutte, Pastor, 

St. John Baptist Church, New Orleans, Louisiana 

09/20/07 Using Taxpayers’ Dollars 

Most Efficiently: Perspectives 

on Performance Budgeting 

The Honorable Clay Johnson, III, Deputy Director for Management, Office of 

Management and Budget; The Honorable David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, U. S. Government Accountability Office, Dr. Peter 

R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office 

10/4/07 Issues in Federal Government Financial Liabilities: 

Commercial Nuclear Waste 

Kim P. Cawley, Unit Chief, Natural and Physical Resources Cost Estimates 

Unit, Congressional Budget Office; The Honorable Edward F. Sproat III, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of 

Energy; Michael F. Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, 

U.S. Department of Justice 

10/18/07 The Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage Leonard E. Burman, Ph.D., Senior Fellow and Director of the Tax Policy Center, Urban Institute; Grace-Marie Turner, President, Galen Institute 

10/24/07 The Growing Budgetary 

Costs of the Iraq War 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Amy Belasco, Congressional Research Service; Professor Linda Bilmes, John F. Kennedy School 

of Government, Harvard University 

10/25/07 Surface Transportation: Investment Needs and the 

Budget 

The Honorable Mary E. Peters, Secretary, U. S. Department of Transportation; 

Robert A. Sunshine, Deputy Director, Congressional Budget Office; Janet F. 

Kavinoky, Director of Transportation and Infrastructure, U. S. Chamber of 

Commerce; Robert Puentes, Fellow, the Brookings Institution 

11/01/07 Counting the Change: Accounting for the Fiscal Impacts of Controlling Carbon 

Emissions 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Robert Greenstein, 

Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; David D. Doniger, 

Policy Director, Natural Resources Defense Council; Anne E. Smith, Ph.D., 

Vice President, CRA International 

12/05/07 State of the U. S. Economy 

and the Implications for the 

Federal Budget 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Dr. Martin Feldstein, 

George F. Baker Professor of Economics, Harvard 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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FIRST SESSION—Continued 

Date Title Witnesses 

12/13/07 CBO’s Long-Term Budget 

Outlook 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office 

SECOND SESSION 

Date Title Witnesses 

01/17/08 The Near-Term Outlook for 

the U. S. Economy 

The Honorable Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

01/17/08 The Congressional Budget 

Office’s Budget and Economic Outlook 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office 

01/29/08 Using Fiscal Policy to Bolster the U.S. Economy Lawrence H. Summers, Ph.D., Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Harvard 

University; Alice M. Rivlin, 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. 

02/07/08 The President’s Fiscal Year 

2009 Budget 

The Honorable Jim Nussle, Director, Office of Management and Budget 

02/13/08 Treasury Department Fiscal 

Year 2009 Budget 

The Honorable Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary, Department of the Treasury 

02/27/08 Department of Health and 

Human Services Fiscal Year 

2009 Budget 

The Honorable Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, Department of Health and 

Human Services 

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

of Defense 

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 

05/08/08 Joint Hearing of the Committee on Budget and the 

Committee on Transportation 

& Infrastructure on Financing Infrastructure Investments 

Dr. Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Patricia A. Dalton, Managing Director, Physical Infrastructure Team, Government Accountability Office 

06/24/08 The SAFE Commission Act 

(H.R. 3654) and the LongTerm Fiscal Challenge 

The Honorable Peter G. Peterson, Chairman, The Peter G. Peterson Foundation; The Honorable David M. Walker, President and CEO, The Peter 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 

07/16/08 Getting Better Value in 

Health Care 

Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Jeanne Lambrew, 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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SECOND SESSION—Continued 

Date Title Witnesses 

07/30/08 Rising Food Prices: Budget 

Challenges 

Josette Sheeran, Executive Director, United Nations World Food Programme; 

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 

09/09/08 A Weakened Economy: How 

to Respond? 

Lawrence Summers, Ph.D., Charles W. Eliot University Professor, Kennedy 

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 

09/16/08 Iraq’s Budget Surplus Joseph A. Christoff, Director, 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 

09/24/08 Federal Responses to Market 

Turmoil: What’s the Impact 

on the Budget? 

Dr. Peter Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office 

09/25/08 Budget Reform Proposals for 

the 111th Congress 

Maya MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; 

Richard Kogan, Senior Fellow on Federal Budgeting, The Center on Budget 

and Policy Priorities; C. Eugene Steuerle, Ph.D., Vice President, Peter G. Peterson Foundation 

10/20/08 Economic Recovery: Options 

and Challenges 

The Honorable Benjamin S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System; Martin N. 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 

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. 


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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. 


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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. 


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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). 


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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET

The following is a complete list of measures that were referred 

to the Committee on the Budget: 

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H. Con. Res. 

99 

Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. 

[D-SC-5] 

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. 

H. Con. Res. 

109 

Rep. Ryan, Paul [R-WI-1] 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 

H. Con. Res. 

312 

Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. 

[D-SC-5] 

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. 

H. Res. 27 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. 

[D-SC-5] 

To institute a Pay-As-You-Go rule in the House of Representatives for the 

110th Congress. 

H. Res. 28 Rep. Spratt, John M., Jr. 

[D-SC-5] 

To institute a reconciliation rule in the House of Representatives for the 

110th Congress. 

H. J. Res. 52 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI7] Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2008, and for other 

purposes. 

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

H.R.93 Rep. Brown-Waite, Ginny 

[R-FL-5] 

Social Security Protection Act of 2007 

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

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

H.R.473 Rep. Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA10] SAFE Commission Act 

H.R.489 Rep. McHenry, Patrick T. 

[R-NC-10] 

Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act 

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

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

H.R.925 Rep. Nunes, Devin [R-CA21] Emergency Farm Assistance Act of 2007 

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

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

H.R.1121 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham 

[R-SC-3] 

Government Waste Reduction Act of 2007 


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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED—Continued 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.R.1122 Rep. Barrett, J. Gresham 

[R-SC-3] 

Emergency Spending Control Act of 2007 

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

H.R.1353 Rep. Moore, Dennis [D-KS3] Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2007 

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

H.R.1442 Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX1] Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2007 

H.R.1789 Rep. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ-6] To require the Congressional 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. 

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

H.R.2084 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX5] Family Budget Protection Act of 2007 

H.R.2187 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [RLA-5] To make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

H.R.2206 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI7] U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 

H.R.2207 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI7] Agricultural Disaster Assistance and Western States Emergency Unfinished Business Appropriations Act, 2007 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

H.R.3400 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. 

[D-OH-10] 

Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure 

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

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


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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED—Continued 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.R.3738 Rep. Gingrey, Phil [R-GA11] Earmark Reform Act of 2007 

H.R.3958 Rep. Bachmann, Michele 

[R-MN-6] 

Truth in Accounting Act of 2007 

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

H.R.4156 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI7] Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, 2008 

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

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

H.R.4664 Rep. Kuhl, John R. 

‘‘Randy’’, Jr. [R-NY-29] 

Social Security Surplus Protection Act of 2007 

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

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

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

H.R.5678 Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA35] Neighborhood Rescue and Stabilization Act of 2008 

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

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

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

H.R.6086 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [RLA-5] To make emergency supplemental appropriations for Katrina recovery for 

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

H.R.6105 Rep. McCotter, Thaddeus G. 

[R-MI-11] 

Fiscal Integrity through Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008 

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

H.R.6132 Rep. Barton, Joe [R-TX-6] To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote 

the recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes. 

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

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

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


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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED—Continued 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.R.6594 Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. 

[D-NY-14] 

James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2008 

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

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

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

H.R.6964 Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC5] Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2008 

H.R.6967 Rep. McMorris Rodgers, 

Cathy [R-WA-5] 

Debt Repayment Instead of Pork Act of 2008 

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

H.R.7110 Rep. Obey, David R. [D-WI7] Job Creation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008 

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

H.R.7223 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX5] Free Market Protection Act of 2008 

H.R.7229 Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL7] Children’s Budget Act 

H.R.7321 Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA4] Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act 

COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS

OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS

FIRST SESSION 

Date Title

PUBLICATIONS 

January 24, 2007 CBO Forecasts Continued Fiscal Deterioration 

January 25, 2007 Budgeting for War Costs 

February 8, 2007 Summary and Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 Budget 

February 20, 2007 Why Deficits Matter 

March 21, 2007 Overview of the Chairman’s Mark 

March 28, 2007 Fact Sheets on the FY 2008 Budget Resolution 

May 16, 2007 Highlights of the Conference Agreement on the FY 2008 Budget Resolution: Building on the ‘‘Six for 

06′′ 

May 16, 2007 Overview of the FY 2008 Budget Conference Agreement: A Fiscally Responsible Budget Plan 


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FIRST SESSION—Continued 

Date Title

May 24, 2007 Memorial Day Recess Packet: Conference Agreement on the FY 2008 Budget Resolution 

June 27, 2007 Independence Day Recess Package on the Budget: Democratic Progress in Turning Around the Republican Budget Legacy 

July 11, 2007 Administration’s Mid-Session Review of the Budget 

July 20, 2007 Medicare Advantage and the Federal Budget 

July 24, 2007 Foreign Holdings of U.S. Debt: Is Our Economy Vulnerable? 

August 1, 2007 The CHAMP Act Fully Complies with PAYGO 

August 2, 2007 Budget Accomplishments of the 110th Congress Thus Far: An August Recess Packet 

August 2, 2007 The Bush Economic Record: No Reason to Cheer 

August 3, 2007 The President’s 2008 Appropriation Veto Threats: What’s at Stake? A State-by-State Analysis 

August 3, 2007 Budgeting to Fight Waste, Fraud and Abuse 

August 27, 2007 Gulf Coast Hurricanes and the Federal Budget 

September 7, 

2007 

CBO Summer Budget Update 

September 21, 

2007 

The Costs of Military Operations and Reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan 

October 4, 2007 Democrats Restore Fiscal Responsibility: The Pay-as-you-go Rule and the 110th Congress 

October 11, 2007 Frequently Asked Questions about the Federal Budget 

November 2, 2007 The Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage 

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 

November 15, 

2007 

Praise for House Adherence to Pay-As-You-Go Principle 

REPORTS 

March 23, 2007 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008 (H.Rpt. 110-69, Committee report to accompany H.Con.Res.99) 

May 16, 2007 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008 (H. Rpt. 110-153, conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 21 

SECOND SESSION 

Date Title

PUBLICATIONS 

January 23, 2008 CBO Forecasts Continued Fiscal Deterioration 

February 4, 2008 Final Bush Budget Continues Same Failed Fiscal Policies 


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SECOND SESSION—Continued 

Date Title

February 4, 2008 What’s At Stake? State-by-State Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 

February 7, 2008 Summary and Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 

March 11, 2008 Highlights of the House-passed Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 

May 20, 2008 Overview of the FY 2009 Budget Conference Agreement: Charting a New Way Forward 

June 2, 2008 The Bush Administration’s Legacy: A Dramatic Fiscal Reversal 

June 4, 2008 Fact Sheets on the 2009 Budget Conference Agreement 

July 28, 2008 Administration’s Mid-Session Budget Review: Largest Deficit in History 

July 31, 2008 The Bush Administration’s Failed Economic and Fiscal Record 

September 3, 

2008 

Getting Better Value in Health Care 

September 9, 

2008 

CBO Confirms Large Deficits and Weak Economy 

September 17, 

2008 

The Case for Additional Fiscal Stimulus 

September 24, 

2008 

House Budget Committee Hearing on Federal Responses to Market Turmoil: What is the Impact on 

the Budget? 

October 2, 2008 Iraq’s Budget Surplus 

October 8, 2008 Impact of Rising Food Prices on U.S. and Family Budgets 

October 22, 2008 House Budget Committee Hearing: The Case for Economic Recovery Legislation 

November 18, 

2008 

Frequently Asked Questions about the Federal Budget 

December 2008 Compilation of Laws and Rules Relating to the Congressional Budget Process 

REPORTS 

March 7, 2008 Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009 (H.Rpt. 110-543, Committee report to accompany H.Con.Res.312) 

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 LowTax, 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] 


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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] 


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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] 


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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] 


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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 


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crisis by reforming entitlement programs and the tax code to put 

the budget and economy on a sustainable path. 

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