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

ACTIVITIES 

AND

SUMMARY REPORT 

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

One Hundred Eleventh Congress 

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

JANUARY 3, 2011.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on 

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET 

JOHN M. SPRATT, JR., South Carolina, Chairman 

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 

BOB ETHERIDGE, North Carolina 

BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota 

JOHN A. YARMUTH, Kentucky 

ROBERT E. ANDREWS, New Jersey 

ROSA L. DELAURO, Connecticut, 

CHET EDWARDS, Texas 

ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT, Virginia 

JAMES R. LANGEVIN, Rhode Island 

RICK LARSEN, Washington 

TIMOTHY H. BISHOP, New York 

GWEN MOORE, Wisconsin 

GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia 

KURT SCHRADER, Oregon 

DENNIS MOORE, Kansas 

PAUL RYAN, Wisconsin, 

Ranking Minority Member 

JEB HENSARLING, Texas 

SCOTT GARRETT, New Jersey 

MARIO DIAZ–BALART, Florida 

MICHAEL K. SIMPSON, Idaho 

PATRICK T. MCHENRY, North Carolina 

CONNIE MACK, Florida 

JOHN CAMPBELL, California 

JIM JORDAN, Ohio 

DEVIN NUNES, California 

ROBERT B. ADERHOLT, Alabama 

CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming 

STEVE AUSTRIA, Ohio 

GREGG HARPER, Mississippi 

CHARLES K. DJOU, Hawaii 

PROFESSIONAL STAFF

THOMAS S. KAHN, Staff Director and Chief Counsel 

AUSTIN SMYTHE, Minority Staff Director 


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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, 

Washington, DC, January 3, 2011. 

Hon. LORRAINE C. MILLER, Clerk of the House of Representatives, 

U.S. Capitol, Room H154, Washington, DC 20515–6601. 

DEAR MS. MILLER: Pursuant to Rule XI, clause 1, paragraph (d) 

of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives, I am hereby 

transmitting the Activities Report of the Committee on the Budget 

for the 111th Congress. 

Sincerely, 

JOHN M. SPRATT, JR., 

Chairman. 


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Union Calendar No. 427 

111TH CONGRESS REPORT " ! HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session 111–704 

ACTIVITIES AND SUMMARY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE 

ON THE BUDGET 

JANUARY 3, 2011.—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 provides an overall framework and plan 

for action on spending, revenue, and debt limit legislation. It sets 

ceilings on total budget authority and outlays and a floor on total 

revenues. It also allocates spending authority to the appropriations 

committees and among the various authorizing committees that 

have jurisdiction over direct spending programs. The limits and allocations set by the budget resolution are enforced through points 

of order. 

The budget may also include the optional reconciliation process, 

which directs appropriate authorizing committees to revise programs under their jurisdiction in order to adjust either projected 

spending or revenues by specified amounts. If more than one committee receives reconciliation instructions, the Budget Committee is 

responsible for assembling the reports submitted by the various 

committees for consideration on the House floor. 

In addition to its legislative duties, the Budget Committee also 

has responsibility for oversight and studies related to the budget 

process. 

The Budget Committee’s jurisdictional statement for the 111th 

Congress, House Rule X, clause 1(d), is as follows: 


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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 

off-budget Federal agencies and measures providing exemption 

from reduction under any order issued under part C of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET RESOLUTION

On March 25, 2009, the House Budget Committee began consideration of House Concurrent Resolution 85 (H. Con. Res. 85), the 

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, with 

markup of the Chairman’s mark. Of the twenty-eight amendments 

offered for a vote, one was adopted. The Committee agreed by voice 

vote to a Sense of House amendment offered by Mr. Ryan and Ms. 

Moore on the need for legislative action to ensure that states have 

necessary resources to collect child support and that the support 

pass on to families without financial penalty. By a vote of 24 to 15, 

the Committee on the Budget voted to report out H. Con. Res. 85 

favorably to the House of Representatives and the report accompanying the concurrent resolution, House Report 111–60, was timely filed. 

The Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 305, a rule allowing 

consideration of H. Con. Res. 85, on March 31, 2009 (House Report 

111–70). The rule provided for four hours of general debate, with 

three hours controlled and equally divided by the Chairman and 

Ranking Member of the Budget Committee and one hour controlled 

and equally divided by Ms. Maloney and Mr. Brady of the Joint 

Economic Committee. The rule also allowed for consideration of 

four alternative budgets: the Progressive Caucus substitute offered 

by Ms. Woolsey; the Republican Study Committee substitute offered by Mr. Jordan; the Congressional Black Caucus substitute offered by Ms. Lee; and the Republican substitute offered by Mr. 

Ryan. The House adopted H. Res. 305 on April 1, 2009. 

Pursuant to H. Res. 305, the House began consideration of H. 

Con. Res. 85 on April 1, 2009. On the same day, the Committee on 

Rules also reported H. Res. 316 (House Report 111–73), a rule declaring the House to be resolved into the Committee of the Whole 

House on the state of the Union for further consideration of H. 

Con. Res. 85 and making it in order to take from the Speaker’s 

table Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 (S. Con. Res. 13) for consideration after adoption of H. Con. Res. 85. The House adopted H. 

Res. 316 on April 2, 2009, on a 242 to 182 vote. 

All four budget substitutes made in order to H. Con. Res. 85 

were defeated on recorded votes. H. Con. Res. 85 was agreed to on 

a vote of 233 to 196 on April 2, 2009. 

On March 27, 2009, the Senate Budget Committee reported as an 

original measure S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010 budget resolution. On April 2, 2009, S. Con. Res. 13, as amended, was agreed 


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to in the Senate on a 55 to 43 vote. The House received the message on Senate action April 21, 2009. 

Pursuant to H. Res. 316, the House took from the Speaker’s table 

S. Con. Res. 13 on April 22, 2009, striking all after the resolving 

clause and inserting the text of H. Con. Res. 85 as adopted by the 

House while insisting on its amendment and requesting a conference. The House then considered a motion offered by Mr. Ryan 

to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 13, which was defeated on a 

196 to 227 vote. The Speaker appointed conferees. 

The Senate received the message on House action on April 23, 

2009. The Senate disagreed with the House amendment and agreed 

to a request for a conference. The Senate considered motions to instruct conferees and appointed conferees. The message on Senate 

action was sent to the House on April 24, 2009. 

The conference report on S. Con. Res. 13 (House Report 111–89) 

was filed April 27, 2009. The following day the Committee on Rules 

reported H. Res. 371, a rule providing for the consideration of the 

conference report on S. Con. Res. 13 that allowed one hour of general debate. 

Mr. Spratt brought up the conference report under the provisions 

of H. Res. 371 and the House began to debate the measure on April 

28, 2009. On April 29, 2009, the House continued debate and, on 

a 233 to 193 vote, adopted the conference report. The Senate 

agreed to the conference report on a 53 to 43 vote. 

THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010

Section 202 of S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010 budget, included two reconciliation instructions. One reconciliation instruction was written for the Committees on Energy and Commerce, 

Ways and Means, and Education and Labor on health care reform. 

The other reconciliation instruction was written for the Committee 

on Education and Labor on education investment. 

On March 15, 2010, the Committee on the Budget met to consider H.R. 4872, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 

of 2010, which packaged the reconciliation submissions ‘‘without 

any substantive revision’’ per section 310(b)(2) of the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974. H.R. 4872 included the recommendations on 

health care reform submitted in October of 2009 by the Committee 

on Ways and Means and the recommendations on health care reform and education investment submitted by the Committee on 

Education and Labor. The Committee on Energy and Commerce 

did not submit any recommendations. 

The Committee on the Budget voted on a 21 to 16 margin to report out H.R. 4872 favorably. Following the vote, the Committee 

met to consider 20 non-binding motions directing the Chairman to 

make specific requests of the Committee on Rules regarding H.R. 

4872, with 10 of the motions passing. 

On March 17, 2010, the Committee on the Budget reported the 

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (House Report 111–443). On March 21, 2010, the Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 1203, a rule that provided for consideration of H.R. 

4872 with 2 hours of general debate. H. Res. 1203 passed on a 224 

to 206 vote. Mr. Camp moved to recommit H.R. 4872 to the Committee on Budget and that motion was defeated on a 199 to 232 

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H.R. 4872 passed the House by a 220 to 211 vote on March 21, 

2010, and the bill was received in the Senate on March 23, 2010. 

The Senate then passed a motion to proceed to consideration of 

H.R. 4872 on a 56 to 40 vote. On March 25, 2010, the Senate 

passed H.R. 4872 as amended on a 56 to 43 vote and the message 

on Senate action was sent to the House. 

On March 25, 2010, the House passed H. Res. 1225 (House Report 111–458), a rule that made it in order to take from the Speaker’s table H.R. 4872 as amended by the Senate and consider a motion by Mr. Miller to concur to the Senate amendments. The rule 

provided 10 minutes of debate equally divided by the Chair and 

Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and Labor. The 

motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments was 

agreed to on a 220 to 207 vote. H. R. 4872 was signed by the President and became Public Law No: 111–152 on March 30, 2010. 

BUDGET ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011

On June 30, 2010, Mr. Spratt introduced H. Res. 1493, a resolution providing for budget enforcement of allocations for fiscal year 

2011. On July 1, 2010, the Committee on Rules reported H. Res. 

1500 (House Report 111–552) which in part provided that H. Res. 

1493 be adopted and that House rules be aligned with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. H. Res. 1500 passed the House on 

a 215 to 210 vote. 

H. Res. 1493 includes discretionary and mandatory allocations 

for fiscal year 2011 and an adjustment to fiscal year 2010 discretionary allocations to allow for program integrity initiatives under 

section 422(a) of S. Con. Res. 13, the fiscal year 2010 concurrent 

resolution on the budget. The resolution also includes provisions to 

align the rules of the House of Representatives on Pay-As-You-Go 

enforcement (clause 10(a) of House rule XXI) with provisions of the 

Title I of H. J. Res. 45, the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 

(Public Law No: 111–139). In addition, H. Res. 1493 includes policy 

provisions on deficit reduction. 

BUDGET ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES

The Committee on the Budget worked with authorizing committees and the Appropriations Committee to monitor legislation and 

evaluate its compliance with House rules, the fiscal year 2010 

budget resolution (S. Con. Res. 13), the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 

Act of 2010 (H. J. Res. 45; Public Law No: 111–139), and the budget enforcement resolution for fiscal year 2011 (H. Res. 1493). 

ADDITIONAL MATTERS RELATED TO BUDGET ACTIVITIES

HOUSE RULES

At the beginning of the One Hundred Tenth Congress, the House 

of Representatives adopted a resolution that included several new 

budget enforcement provisions in addition to standard House rules 

on budget enforcement. For the One Hundred Eleventh Congress, 

the House continued the enforcement provisions with certain 

amendments to the House Pay-As-You-Go rule under H. Res. 5, a 

resolution amending provisions of the standing rules of the House 

and including separate orders. The House enforcement measures 

for the 111th Congress are as follows: 


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Clause 7 of House Rule XXI provides that reconciliation directives included in a budget resolution under the Congressional 

Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) shall not increase a deficit or decrease 

a surplus. 

Clause 8 of House Rule XXI provides that, with respect to measures considered pursuant to a special order of business, points of 

order under the CBA shall operate without regard to whether the 

measures concerned have been reported from a committee. 

Clause 10 of House Rule XXI consists of a Pay-As-You-Go 

(PAYGO) rule requiring that mandatory spending increases and 

revenue decreases be offset over two periods: (1) the current fiscal 

year, the budget year set forth in the most recently completed 

budget resolution, and the four fiscal years following that budget 

year; and (2) the current fiscal year, the budget year set forth in 

the most recently completed budget resolution, and the nine fiscal 

years following that budget year. Clause 10 also allows for one 

House-passed measure to offset another House-passed measure if 

both measures are linked upon engrossment. In addition, Clause 10 

allows for emergency exceptions to PAYGO for provisions designated as emergencies in legislation. (Note that the House PAYGO 

rule was further amended by H. Res. 1493, the resolution providing 

for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.) 

H. Res. 5 included separate orders relating to budget process 

under section 3 of the resolution. Section 3 provides the following: 

that references to resolutions in section 306 of the CBA shall apply 

to only joint resolutions (not simple or concurrent resolutions); that 

a point of order under section 303 of the CBA is applicable to text 

made in order as an original bill by a special rule, or to the text 

on which the previous question is ordered, whichever the case may 

be; and that legislation establishing prospectively for a Federal office or position a specified or minimum compensation to be funded 

through annual appropriations shall not be construed to provide 

new entitlement authority under the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974. Section 3 also creates a point of order, with some exceptions, 

against a motion that the Committee of the Whole rise to report 

a bill if the bill exceeds applicable allocations of new budget authority under section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

1974. 

STATUTORY PAY-AS-YOU-GO ACT OF 2010

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go was reinstated in February 2010 when 

President Obama signed into law H. J. Res. 45 which included the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 under Title I. The House of 

Representatives passed H. J. Res. 45 on February 2, 2010. The previous statutory PAYGO law, which was enacted in 1990 under the 

Budget Enforcement Act and extended in 1993 and 1997, expired 

in 2002. 

The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 establishes budget enforcement tools aimed at preventing increases in the deficit or decreases in the budget surplus arising from the enactment of direct 

spending or tax legislation. Generally the law requires that the 

budgetary effects of direct spending or tax legislation be recorded 

by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on scorecards covering five- and ten-year periods. If the final OMB scorecards at the 

end of a Congress reflect a debit, the President is required to issue 


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a sequestration order making across-the-board cuts to non-exempt 

direct spending programs sufficient to cover the debit. The Act exempts designated emergencies and four specified areas of legislation over a limited time period. There is no expiration date in the 

Act. 

OVERSIGHT ACTIVITIES

Under clause 1(d)(1) of House Rule X, a responsibility of the 

Budget Committee is the development of a concurrent budget resolution that sets spending and revenue levels in aggregate and 

across all budget functions. The budget functions encompass all 

Federal programs or activities other than those that are defined as 

off-budget, such as Social Security and the Postal Service, and 

those that are considered non-budgetary, such as the Federal Reserve. The Committee’s formal oversight responsibility focuses on 

laws governing the budget process and the agencies responsible for 

administering elements of those laws. Under clauses 1(d)(2) and (3) 

of House Rule X, the major laws falling within its oversight are the 

Budget and Accounting Act of 1920, the Congressional Budget Act 

of 1974, and the Emergency Balanced Budget and Deficit Control 

Act of 1985. The two agencies with primary responsibility for administering elements of these laws, and hence which fall under the 

Committee’s jurisdiction, are the Office of Management and Budget 

and the Congressional Budget Office. In addition to these general 

oversight responsibilities, the Budget Committee has special oversight responsibility under clause 3 of House Rule X to study the effect of budget outlays of existing and proposed legislation and to report the results of such studies to the House on a recurring basis. 

The Committee met on January 22, 2009, to organize for the 

111th Congress. In addition to adopting its rules of procedure, the 

Committee adopted a written oversight plan. The priorities of the 

oversight plan included holding hearings and receiving testimony 

from Members of Congress, Cabinet-level and other Federal officials, and expert witnesses to review the President’s budget submissions and other budget priorities; assessing the performance of 

Federal agencies in both administration and service delivery; 

studying the budgetary effect of existing law and proposed legislation, as well as government regulation, on government spending; 

and reviewing views and estimates submitted by committees in development of the concurrent resolution on the budget. 

With regard to budget enforcement, the oversight plan included 

ongoing oversight of the Office of Management and Budget’s budget 

activities under the Budget and Accounting Act of 1920, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the Budget Enforcement Act of 

1990, and other applicable laws. The oversight plan also outlined 

the necessity of studying alternatives to improve ways in which 

Congress and the President develop and enforce budgetary decisions and the appropriateness and efficiency of tax incentives and 

direct spending by the federal government. In addition, the plan 

outlined the Committee’s role in working with House committees to 

help ensure compliance with budget laws and rules. 

The Budget Committee’s oversight plan proposed a total of 22 

hearings for the 111th Congress. The Committee exceeded this plan 


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by holding a total of 30 hearings for the 111th Congress (excluding 

hearings designated for Members’ days). 

BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS 

[The following is a complete list of hearings held by the Committee on the Budget during the 111th Congress] 

Date Serial No. Title Witnesses 

FIRST SESSION 

1/27/2009 111–1 The Economic Outlook and 

Budget Challenges 

Douglas Elmendorf PH.D., Director, Congressional Budget Office; 

Alice Rivlin PH.D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Mark 

Zandi PH.D., Chief Economist and Cofounder, Moody’s Economy.com; Laurence Meyer PH.D., Vice Chairman, Macroeconomic Advisers, LLC; Kevin Hassett PH.D., Senior Fellow 

and Director of Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise 

Institute 

2/4/2009 111–2 Long-term Sustainability 

of Current Defense 

Plans 

Stephen Daggett, Specialist in Defense Policy and Budgets, 

Congressional Research Service; J. Michael Gilmore, Assistant 

Director for National Security, Congressional Budget Office 

3/3/2009 111–3 The President’s Fiscal Year 

2010 Budget 

The Honorable Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and 

Budget 

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

Treasury 

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

3/13 & 19/2009 111–6 Members’ Day House Members invited 

3/18/2009 111–7 Department of Defense 

Fiscal Year 2010 Budget 

Panel I: The Honorable Robert Hale, Under Secretary of Defense 

(Comptroller), Department of Defense 

Panel II: Michael Sullivan, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing 

Management, Government Accountability Office 

4/12/2009 111–8 Building a Foundation for 

Families: Fighting Hunger, Investing in Children 

Sharon Parrott, Director of the Welfare Reform and Income Support Division, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Deborah 

A. Frank M.D., Founder and Principal Investigator of the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program and the 

Growth and Development Program, Boston Medical Center; 

Leon Lott, Sheriff, Richland County, South Carolina; Douglas 

J. Besharov, Senior Scholar, American Enterprise Institute 

5/17/2009 111–9 Budgeting for Transportation: Financing Investments in Highways 

and Mass Transit 

Debra L. Miller, Secretary, Kansas Department of Transportation; 

Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, Chairman, National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission; Tyler Duvall, 

Consultant, Former Assistant Secretary for Transportation 

Policy 

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

Office 

6/3/2009 111–11 Challenges Facing the 

Economy: The View of 

the Federal Reserve 

The Honorable Benjamin S. Bernanke PH.D., Chairman, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve System 

6/19/2009 111–12 The Economic Case for 

Health Reform 

Dr. Christina Romer, Chair, Council of Economic Advisers 


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BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS—Continued 

[The following is a complete list of hearings held by the Committee on the Budget during the 111th Congress] 

Date Serial No. Title Witnesses 

6/25/2009 111–13 Statutory PAYGO Panel I: The Honorable Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget 

Panel II: Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center on Budget 

and Policy Priorities; Douglas Holtz-Eakin PH.D., Former Director, Congressional Budget Office; Alice M. Rivlin PH.D., 

Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, Unable to appear in 

person 

7/16/2009 111–14 Budgeting for Nuclear 

Waste Management 

Christopher A. Kouts, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy; Michael F. 

Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Kim P. Cawley, Unit Chief, Natural and 

Physical Resources Cost Estimates Unit, Congressional Budget Office 

7/24/2009 111–15 The Recovery Act: 

Strengthening Our 

Economy 

The Honorable Ken Salazar, Secretary, Department of the Interior; The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary, Department of 

Agriculture; The Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary, Department of Transportation 

10/14/2009 111–16 The Cost of Current Defense Plans: An Analysis of Budget Issues 

Stephen Daggett, Specialist in Defense Policy and Budgets, 

Congressional Research Service; Matthew Goldberg, Acting 

Assistant Director for National Security, Congressional Research Service 

11/17/2009 111–17 Building an Executive-Legislative Partnership for 

Performance Budgeting 

The Honorable Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for Management 

and Chief Performance Officer, Office of Management and 

Budget 

12/9/2009 111–18 The Social Safety Net: Impact of the Recession 

and of the Recovery Act 

LaDonna Pavetti, Director Welfare Reform and Income Support 

Division, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Sue 

Berkowitz, Director and Attorney, South Carolina Appleseed 

Legal Justice Center; Pat Delessio, Attorney, Legal Action of 

Wisconsin; Ron Haskins, Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, CoDirector, Center on Children and Families, The Brookings Institution 

SECOND SESSION 

1/21/2010 111–19 Perspectives on Long-Term 

Deficits 

Mr. John Podesta, President and CEO, Center for American 

Progress; Mr. Robert Greenstein, Founder and Executive Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; Ms. Maya 

MacGuineas, President, Committee for a Responsible Federal 

Budget, Director, Fiscal Policy Program, New America Foundation; Mr. James C. Capretta, Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center 

1/27/2010 111–20 The Budget and Economic 

Outlook 

Douglas Elmendorf PH.D., Director, The Congressional Budget 

Office 

2/2/2010 111–21 The President’s Fiscal Year 

2011 Budget 

The Honorable Peter Orszag, Director, Office of Management and 

Budget 

2/24/2010 111–22 Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 2011 

Budget 

The Honorable Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary, Department of the 

Treasury 

2/25/2010 111–23 Department of Education 

Fiscal Year 2011 Budget 

The Honorable Arne Duncan, Secretary, Department of Education; Mr. Thomas P. Skelly, Director, Budget Service, Department of Education 


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BUDGET COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOR THE 111TH CONGRESS—Continued 

[The following is a complete list of hearings held by the Committee on the Budget during the 111th Congress] 

Date Serial No. Title Witnesses 

3/3/2010 111–24 Members’ Day House Members invited to testify 

3/4/2010 111–25 Department of Defense 

Fiscal Year 2011 Budget 

The Honorable William J. Lynn III, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 

Department of Defense; The Honorable Robert F. Hale, Under 

Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), Department of Defense 

6/9/2010 111–26 State of the Economy: 

View from the Federal 

Reserve 

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

6/17/2010 111–27 The Administration’s Expedited Rescission Proposal 

Mr. Jeffery Liebman, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget 

7/1/2010 111–28 Perspectives on the U.S. 

Economy 

Martin Baily PH.D., Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Mark 

Zanti PH.D., Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics; John Taylor 

PH.D., Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution 

7/14/2010 111–29 The American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act 

of 2009: An Update 

The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary, Department of Agriculture; Mr. Matt Rodgers, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of 

Energy, Department of Energy; Josh Bivens PH.D., Economist 

and Research Fellow, Economic Policy Institute; Veronique de 

Rugy PH.D., Senior Research Fellow, Mercatus Center 

7/27/2010 111–30 Budget Implications of 

Closing Yucca Mountain 

Panel I: Kristina M. Johnson PH.D., Under Secretary, Department 

of Energy; Mr. Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel, Department of Energy; Mr. Michael F. Hertz, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, Civil Division 

Panel II: Mr. David A. Wright, Vice Chairman, Public Service 

Commission of South Carolina 

9/22/2010 111–31 Budgeting for Education: 

The Role of Perkins 

Loans 

Mr. Bob Perrin, President, Williams & Fudge, Inc. and the Coalition of Higher Education Assistance Organization; Ms. Sarah 

Bauder, Assistant Vice President, Enrollment Services and Financial Aid, University of Maryland; Mr. Joseph Hill, Senior, 

Georgetown University 

9/30/2010 111–32 Defense Department Budget Initiatives Todd Harrison, Senior Fellow, Defense Budget Studies, Center 

for Strategic Budget Assessments; John (Bob) R. Wood, Lieutenant General (Ret.) Army, Star Strategies Group; Stan Z. 

Soloway, President & CEO, Professional Services Council; Jacqueline Simon, Public Policy Director, American Federation of 

Government Employees, AFL–CIO 


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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF MEASURES ON WHICH ACTION WAS TAKEN 

[The Committee on Budget acted on the following legislative measures] 

FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET RESOLUTION 

House Concurrent Resolution 85 

3/27/2009 Introduced in House 

3/27/2009 The House Committee on the Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111–60, by Mr. Spratt. 

4/2/2009 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution, agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 233–196 (roll 

call no. 192) 

Senate Concurrent Resolution 13 

3/27/2009 Introduced in Senate 

3/27/2009 Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Conrad under authority of the 

order of the Senate of 03/26/2009. Without written report. 

4/2/2009 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 55–43 

4/22/2009 The House struck all after the enacted clause and inserted in lieu thereof a similar measure, H.Con.Res. 

85. Agreed to without objection 

Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees. Motion failed by a Yea-Nay Vote: 196–277 (roll 

call no. 198) 

4/27/2009 Conference report H. Rept. 111–89 filed 

4/29/2009 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report, agreed to by the Yeas and 

Nays: 233–193 

4/29/2009 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote: 53–43 

THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010 

3/17/2010 Introduced in House 

3/17/2010 The House Committee on the Budget reported an original measure, H. Rept. 111–443, by Mr. Spratt 

3/21/2010 Passed/agreed to in House: On passage, passed by recorded vote: 220–211 

3/25/2010 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote: 56–43 

3/25/2010 Resolving differences—House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendments, agreed 

to by the Yeas and Nays: 220–207 

3/25/2010 Cleared for White House. 

3/30/2010 Presented to President. 

3/30/2010 Signed by President. 

3/30/2010 Became Public Law No: 111–152 

BUDGET ENFORCEMENT RESOLUTION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011 

6/30/2010 Introduced in House 

7/1/2010 Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1500, H. Res. 1493 is considered passed 

House. 

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] 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.R.1 Rep Obey, David R. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

H.R.107 Rep Flake, Jeff Securing Medicare and Retirement for Tomorrow Act of 2009 

H.R.236 Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny Social Security Protection Act of 2009 

H.R.311 Rep Brady, Kevin Spending Reform Act of 2009 

H.R.483 Rep Poe, Ted Victims of Crime Act Preservation Fund Act of 2009 

H.R.534 Rep Neugebauer, Randy Responsible Government Empowerment Act of 2009 

H.R.654 Rep Lee, Barbara Poverty Impact Trigger Act of 2009 

H.R.797 Rep Calvert, Ken Maximize Offshore Resource Exploration Act of 2009 

H.R.835 Rep Poe, Ted Dollar Bill Act of 2009 

H.R.861 Rep Minnick, Walter Strategic Targeted American Recovery and Transition Act 

H.R.943 Rep Bachmann, Michele Truth in Accounting Act of 2009 

H.R.1105 Rep Obey, David R. Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 

H.R.1276 Rep Moore, Dennis Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2009 

H.R.1294 Rep Ryan, Paul Congressional Accountability and Line-Item Veto Act of 2009 

H.R.1390 Rep Buchanan, Vern Earmark Accountability and Reform Act of 2009 

H.R.1404 Rep Rahall, Nick J., II Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act 

H.R.1557 Rep Cooper, Jim SAFE Commission Act 

H.R.1648 Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. Fiscal Integrity Through Transparency and Technology (FITT) Act of 2009 

H.R.1721 Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. CLASS Act 

H.R.1814 Rep Barrett, J. Gresham Taxpayer Empowerment and Advocacy Act of 2009 


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[The following is a complete list of measures that were referred to the Committee on the Budget] 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.R.2116 Rep Hill, Baron P. Fiscal Honesty and Accountability Act of 2009 

H.R.2169 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. Limitation on Government Spending Act of 2009 

H.R.2227 Rep Murphy, Tim American Conservation and Clean Energy Independence Act 

H.R.2255 Rep Foxx, Virginia Unfunded Mandates Information and Transparency Act of 2009 

H.R.2512 Rep Flake, Jeff To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prohibit the consideration in the House of Representatives or the Senate of measures that 

appropriate funds for earmarks to private, for-profit entities. 

H.R.2920 Rep Hoyer, Steny H. Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009 

H.R.3148 Rep Christensen, Donna M. To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of 

preventive health savings. 

H.R.3200 Rep Dingell, John D. America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 

H.R.3233 Rep Lummis, Cynthia M. Predictable, Equitable, and Transparent (PET) Project Act of 2009 

H.R.3268 Rep Reichert, David G. Earmark Transparency and Accountability Reform Act 

H.R.3298 Rep Jordan, Jim Discretionary Spending Control Act of 2009 

H.R.3310 Rep Bachus, Spencer Consumer Protection and Regulatory Enhancement Act 

H.R.3350 Rep Jenkins, Lynn Debt Accountability Act 

H.R.3385 Rep Barton, Joe To authorize the use of amounts in the Nuclear Waste Fund to promote 

recycling of spent nuclear fuel, and for other purposes. 

H.R.3400 Rep Price, Tom Empowering Patients First Act 

H.R.3442 Rep Hodes, Paul W. To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985 to establish discretionary spending caps for each of fiscal years 

2011 through 2013. 

H.R.3772 Rep Davis, Danny K. Children’s Budget Act 

H.R.3962 Rep Dingell, John D. Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 

H.R.3964 Rep Hensarling, Jeb Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act of 2009 

H.R.4170 Rep Hodes, Paul W. Stop Any TARP Extension Act of 2009 

H.R.4173 Rep Frank, Barney Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 

H.R.4191 Rep DeFazio, Peter A. Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009 

H.R.4249 Rep McHenry, Patrick T. Commission On Reforming Entitlement Spending Act 

H.R.4262 Rep Scalise, Steve CAP the DEBT Act 

H.R.4291 Rep Sanchez, Linda T. Public Lands Rehabilitation and Job Creation Act 

H.R.4308 Rep Posey, Bill Deficit Reduction Check-Off Act 

H.R.4408 Rep Gohmert, Louie Within Our Means Budget (WOMB) Act of 2009 

H.R.4479 Rep Forbes, J. Randy Tighten Washington’s Belt Act of 2010 

H.R.4481 Rep Lance, Leonard Deficit Reduction Act of 2009 

H.R.4525 Rep Wilson, Joe To amend title 10, United States Code, to expand the eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veterans’ disability compensation to include all members of the uniformed services who are 

retired under chapter 61 of such title for disability, regardless of the 

members’ disability rating percentage. 

H.R.4529 Rep Ryan, Paul Roadmap for America’s Future Act of 2010 

H.R.4587 Rep Neugebauer, Randy Cap Spending to Reduce Borrowing Act 

H.R.4631 Rep Alexander, Rodney To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require that 

annual budget submissions of the President to Congress provide certain information regarding companies in which the Government holds 

stock, and for other purposes. 

H.R.4646 Rep Fattah, Chaka Debt Free America Act 

H.R.4652 Rep Blumenauer, Earl Columbia River Restoration Act of 2010 

H.R.4653 Rep Garrett, Scott Accurate Accounting of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Act 

H.R.4691 Rep Rangel, Charles B. Temporary Extension Act of 2010 

H.R.4692 Rep Lipinski, Daniel National Manufacturing Strategy Act of 2010 

H.R.4783 Rep Levin, Sander M. Claims Resolution Act of 2010 

H.R.4831 Rep Gingrey, Phil Earmark Reform Act of 2010 

H.R.4851 Rep Levin, Sander M. Continuing Extension Act of 2010 

H.R.4856 Rep Donnelly, Joe Forecast for the Future Act of 2010 

H.R.4868 Rep Frank, Barney Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 2010 

H.R.4871 Rep Kratovil, Frank, Jr. Spending Reduction Act of 2010 

H.R.4883 Rep Barton, Joe STRONG Budget Act of 2010 

H.R.4899 Rep Obey, David R. Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 

H.R.4910 Rep Burton, Dan To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and enact the 

Empowering Patients First Act in order to provide incentives to encourage health insurance coverage. 


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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET—Continued 

[The following is a complete list of measures that were referred to the Committee on the Budget] 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.R.4921 Rep Minnick, Walter Budget Enforcement Legislative Tool Act of 2010 

H.R.4931 Rep Klein, Ron To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require that the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2012 include a benchmark plan to eliminate the budget deficit by fiscal year 2020 and that 

subsequent resolutions adhere to that plan. 

H.R.4939 Rep Murphy, Tim Social Security and Medicare Protection Act 

H.R.4944 Rep Wilson, Joe Siding with America’s Patients Act 

H.R.4994 Rep Lewis, John Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act of 2010 

H.R.5008 Rep Markey, Betsy Targeted Deficit Reduction Act of 2010 

H.R.5061 Rep Speier, Jackie San Francisco Bay Improvement Act of 2010 

H.R.5090 Rep Polis, Jared NEW Schools Act 

H.R.5202 Rep Chu, Judy National School Lunch Protection Act of 2010 

H.R.5258 Rep Cassidy, Bill Earmark Transparency Act of 2010 

H.R.5323 Rep Smith, Lamar Save America’s Future Economy Act of 2010 

H.R.5325 Rep Gordon, Bart America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 

H.R.5453 Rep Heller, Dean Protecting Against Indebting our Descendants through Fully Offset Relief 

(PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act of 2010 

H.R.5454 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010 

H.R.5499 Rep Mica, John L. To amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to authorize advances from Oil 

Spill Liability Trust Fund for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 

H.R.5504 Rep Miller, George Improving Nutrition for America’s Children Act 

H.R.5536 Rep Flake, Jeff Debt Buy-Down Act 

H.R.5569 Rep Waters, Maxine National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2010 

H.R.5618 Rep McDermott, Jim Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act of 2010 

H.R.5623 Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010 

H.R.5647 Rep Heller, Dean Responsible COBRA, Unemployment, and Poverty Extension Act 

H.R.5712 Rep Levin, Sander M. Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act of 2010 

H.R.5745 Rep Lewis, Jerry Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 

H.R.5752 Rep Quigley, Mike Transparent and Sustainable Budget Act of 2010 

H.R.5775 Rep Sestak, Joe To require the establishment of a commission on earmark reform, to consolidate and streamline the grants management structure of the Federal Government, and for other purposes. 

H.R.5818 Rep Garrett, Scott Mandate Prevention Act of 2010 

H.R.5875 Rep Price, David E. Emergency Border Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 

H.R.5876 Rep Bishop, Timothy H. Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2010 

H.R.5893 Rep Levin, Sander M. Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010 

H.R.5901 Rep Crowley, Joseph Real Estate Jobs and Investment Act of 2010 

H.R.5954 Rep Giffords, Gabriel Truth in Spending Act of 2010 

H.R.5979 Rep Upton, Fred United States Nuclear Fuel Management Corporation Establishment Act of 

2010 

H.R.5982 Rep Levin, Sander M. Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2010 

H.R.6080 Rep Price, David E. Making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 

H.R.6186 Rep Posey, Bill Cutting Earmarks And Savings Enforcement (CEASE) Act 

H.R.6213 Rep Michaud, Michael H. To address the reporting requirement burden on small businesses, and for 

other purposes. 

H.R.6320 Rep Courtney, Joe Small Business Export Support Act of 2010 

H.R.6396 Rep Lofgren, Zoe To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to toll, during active-duty 

service abroad in the Armed Forces, the periods of time to file a petition and appear for an interview to remove the conditional basis for 

permanent resident status, and for other purposes. 

H.R.6397 Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. Marine Sergeant Michael H. Ferschke, Jr. Memorial Act 

H.R.6401 Rep Dreier, David Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act of 2010 

H.R.6402 Rep Larson, John B. To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce oil consumption 

and improve energy security, and for other purposes. 

H.R.6427 Rep Dingell, John D. Medicare Physician Payment Update Extension Act 

H.R.6467 Rep Levin, Sander M. Middle Class Tax Relief Act of 2010 

H.Con.Res.234 Rep Tiahrt, Todd Expressing the sense of Congress that there should be a freeze on new 

discretionary non-defense, non-homeland security, non-intelligence 

spending whenever there is a Federal budget deficit. 


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BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGET—Continued 

[The following is a complete list of measures that were referred to the Committee on the Budget] 

Resolution/Bill Sponsor Title 

H.Con.Res.281 Rep Jordan, Jim Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government 

for fiscal year 2011, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

year 2010, and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 

years 2012 through 2020. 

H.Res.1289 Rep Goodlatte, Bob Expressing the sense of the House that Democratic Members of the House 

should join Republican Members of the House in a total ban on earmarks for one year, that total discretionary spending should be reduced by the amount saved by earmark moratoriums, and that a bipartisan, bicameral committee should be created to review and overhaul the budgetary, spending, and earmark processes. 

H.Res.1492 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011. 

H.Res.1493 Rep Spratt, John M., Jr. Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011. 

S.685 Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. Oil Spill Prevention Act of 2010 

S.2925 Sen Wyden, Ron Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Deterrence and Victims Support Act of 

2010 

S.3307 Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 

S.3689 Sen Leahy, Patrick J. Copyright Cleanup, Clarification, and Corrections Act of 2010 

COMMITTEE PUBLICATIONS AND REPORTS OF THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS 

Date Title 

FIRST SESSION 

Publications 

January 7, 2009 CBO Report Confirms President Bush’s Fiscal Legacy 

January 22, 2009 Letter from OMB Director to Chairman Spratt about economic recovery proposal 

January 27, 2009 Analysis of Top Economists Supports Effectiveness of House Economic Recovery Package 

March 25, 2009 Key Features of the Chairman’s Mark: Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Resolution 

March 25, 2009 Budget Authority and Outlay Numbers in the Chairman’s Mark 

March 31, 2009 Fact Sheets on the FY 2010 Budget Resolution—H.Con.Res. 85 

April 27, 2009 Fact Sheets on the FY 2010 Budget Resolution Conference Report—S.Con.Res. 13 

May 2009 Views and Estimates of the Committees of the House 

May 15, 2009 Summary and Analysis of the President’s Detailed Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request 

June 8, 2009 Federal Reserve Chairman Testifies on Economic Recovery 

July 29, 2009 House Budget Committee Hearing on the Recovery Act: Strengthening Our Economy 

July 31, 2009 Frequently Asked Questions about the Federal Budget 

Reports 

March 27, 2009 House Report 111–60: Committee Report on the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget—Fiscal Year 2010 

SECOND SESSION 

Publications 

January 26, 2010 CBO Forecasts Economic Recovery, Fiscal Challenges 

February 4, 2010 Summary and Analysis of the President’s Fiscal Year 2011 Budget 

March 2010 Views and Estimates of Committees of the House 

June 10, 2010 Excerpts from Fed. Chair Ben Bernanke’s Testimony at a Hearing on the State of the Economy 

July 15, 2010 Democrats Have a Budget Plan 

July 30, 2010 District Work Period Packet: The Democratic Record on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Recovery 

Reports 

March 17, 2010 House Report 111–443: The Reconciliation Act of 2010 (volume 1 and volume 2) 


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HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE MINORITY CAUCUS PUBLICATIONS

The following miscellaneous documents were prepared by the 

staff of the Minority Caucus of the Committee on the Budget. 

These publications were not approved by the full Membership of 

the Committee. 

FIRST SESSION

The Budget and House Rules: For the 111th Congress [1/06/2009] 

Pay-As-You-Go: The Rule, or The Exception? [1/06/2009] 

CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook: Deficit Approaches $1.2 Trillion [1/07/2009] 

Root Causes of the Financial Crisis: The Role of Government Policy 

[1/08/2009] 

SCHIP Reauthorization: Worsening the Entitlement Crisis, Hiding 

the True Cost [1/14/2009] 

An $825–Billion ‘Stimulus’: HBC Stimulus Analysis [1/16/2009] 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: ‘Stimulus,’ or Just 

Borrow and Spend? [1/27/2009] 

SCHIP Reauthorization: Another Entitlement Train Wreck [2/04/ 

2009] 

The Cost of Extending the ‘stimulus’: A Preliminary Analysis [2/05/ 

2009] 

What Stimulus Will Cost American Families: Cost of Stimulus Per 

Family [2/06/2009] 

CBO Letters on Stimulus Bill: Cost of Extension of the Stimulus 

[2/11/2009] 

CBO Letters on Stimulus Bill: Cost of Debt Service on HR. 1 [2/ 

12/2009] 

The ‘Stimulus’ Conference Report: Final Report on HR 1 [2/13/ 

2009] 

Health Care Power Grab: Part 3: Economic ‘Stimulus’ [2/13/2009] 

Health Care Power Grab: Part 2: The SCHIP Program [2/13/2009] 

Health Care Power Grab: Part 1: The Medicare Trigger [2/13/2009] 

FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations: Still more spending—And more 

debt [2/24/2009] 

The President’s Budget—For Fiscal Year 2010 [2/26/2009] 

President Obama’s 2010 Budget—An Analysis [2/26/2009] 

The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2010—The Good, The Bad, 

The Ugly [2/27/2009] 

Obama Budget Outspends Liberal Democrats—Budget Committee—Republican Staff [3/04/2009] 

Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst—An Economic ‘Stress 

Test’ of the Administration’s Budget [3/05/2009] 

War Games—The President’s Budget and $1.5 Trillion in War ‘Savings’ [3/13/2009] 

Obama Redux: The Chairman’s Mark for the FY2010 Budget [3/25/ 

2009] 

The Path to American Prosperity: Legislative Text [4/01/2009] 

The Path to American Prosperity: Two Budgets: A Comparison [4/ 

01/2009] 

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The Path to American Prosperity: THE HOUSE REPUBLICAN 

BUDGET ALTERNATIVE [4/01/2009] 

Minority Views Summary: Minority Views [4/01/2009] 

The Obama-Democratic Budget: A Deluge of Dollars and Debt [4/ 

22/2009] 

The President’s First 100 Days: And the Budget [4/28/2009] 

The Obama-Democratic Budget: Fact Sheet: Conference Report 

S.Con.Res 13 [4/28/2009] 

The Obama Plan for Spending, Taxes, and Debt: Conference Report 

S.Con.Res 13 [4/28/2009] 

The Obama Administration’s: ‘‘Terminations, Reductions, & Savings’’ [5/07/2009] 

Emergency Supplemental: Fiscal Year 2008—H.R. 2346 [5/14/2009] 

The Administration’s IMF Proposals: International Monetary Fund 

Proposals [6/03/2009] 

The Administration’s Pay-Go Proposal: Analysis [6/09/2009] 

Appropriations Growth in Fiscal Year 2010: Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations [6/11/2009] 

Emergency Supplemental: Conference Report H.R. 2346 [6/16/2009] 

Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriation: First Installment of 

the 2010 Spending Hike HR 2847 [6/16/2009] 

Legislative Branch Appropriations: A 7–Percent Increase for Congress HR 2918 [6/18/2009] 

Homeland Security Appropriations: Spending to Increase by 1 Percent [6/24/2009] 

Interior, Environment, and Related Appropriations: Spending to Increase by 17 Percent [6/25/2009] 

The Costs of ‘Cap-and-Trade’: ‘Cap-and-Trade’ Analysis [6/26/2009] 

Agriculture Appropriations: A Spending Increase of 11.9 Percent [7/ 

07/2009] 

State-Foreign Operations Appropriations: A 33–Percent Hike for 

International Programs [7/07/2009] 

Military Construction / Veterans Affairs Appropriations: Veterans 

/ Defense Facilities Get a 5—Percent Increase [7/10/2009] 

Democrats’ Statutory PAYGO: CBO Analysis of House Democrats’ 

PAYGO [7/14/2009] 

Democrats’ Statutory PAYGO: Ryan Letter to Pelosi on Budget 

Committee Shutout [7/14/2009] 

Energy and Water Appropriations: Flat Funding After Large ‘Stimulus’ Boost [7/14/2009] 

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: 

Spending Rises 6.4 Percent [7/15/2009] 

The House ‘Tri-Comm’ Bill: A New Trillion—Dollar Health Care 

Entitlement [7/16/2009] 

The House ‘Tri-Comm’ Bill (UPDATED): A New Trillion—Dollar 

Health Care Entitlement [7/21/2009] 

The Democratic Pay-Go Legislation: A Facade of Fiscal Responsibility [7/22/2009] 

Republican Pay-Go Substitute: The Budget Control Act of 2009 [7/ 

22/2009] 

Transportation and HUD Appropriations: Another 25–Percent Increase [7/23/2009] 

Labor—HHS—Education Appropriations: Spending Rises By 7.3 

Percent [7/24/2009] 


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Democratic Health Care Bill: Hiding the Cost of the ‘Doc Fix’ [7/ 

24/2009] 

Defense Appropriations: A 4–Percent Increase for Defense [7/28/ 

2009] 

New Spending, More Programs: In Student Aid ‘Deficit Reduction’ 

Bill [7/30/2009] 

AUGUST RECESS PACKET: Budget Status Report [7/31/2009] 

Contingent Liabilities: More Bailouts to Come? [8/04/2009] 

Points to Consider: The Forthcoming Mid-Session Review [8/20/ 

2009] 

CBO/OMB Mid-Session Review: Growing Deficits and Debt [8/25/ 

2009] 

Medicare Savings for Health Care: Can Congress Stay the Course? 

[9/17/2009] 

Continuing Resolution/Legislative Branch Appropriations: Congress 

Takes Care of Its Own [9/25/2009] 

Bigger Government: CHARTS AND GRAPHS [9/30/2009] 

Bigger Government: The Growing Federal Bureaucracy [9/30/2009] 

Agriculture Appropriations—Conf. Report: A 14–Percent Spending 

Increase [10/07/2009] 

President’s SAVE Award: Rep. Ryan’s Suggestions [10/15/2009] 

Homeland Security Appropriations—Conf. Report: Spending to Increase by 1.5 Percent [10/15/2009] 

The Democrats’ $247 Billion: Doc Fix Exemption [10/21/2009] 

Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Fact Sheet [11/03/2009] 

Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Legislative Text [11/03/ 

2009] 

Spending, Deficit, and Debt Control Act: Legislative Summary [11/ 

03/2009] 

The House Health Care Bill: A Costly Government Takeover of 

Americans’ Health Care [11/03/2009] 

The House Health Care Bill: The Democrats’ $279–Billion ‘Doc Fix’ 

Shell Game [11/06/2009] 

The House Democratic Health Care Bill: PRESENTATION [11/16/ 

2009] 

Congressional Budget Office Confirms: CBO Report [11/19/2009] 

Congressional Budget Office Confirms: Democratic Health Care Bill 

Increases Deficit [11/19/2009] 

Trouble Asset Relief Program [TARP]: A New Slush Fund for 

Washington [12/08/2009] 

Omnibus Appropriations: A 12–Percent Increase for Congress’s 

Still Unfinished Business [12/10/2009] 

Defense Appropriations: Saving the Most Important for Last [12/16/ 

2009] 

More ‘Stimulus,’ Debt, and Stopgap Spending: The Four-Bill 

Endgame [12/16/2009] 

Budget Year-End Review: The Democrats’ Year of Big Spending, 

Big Debt, Big Government [12/18/2009] 

SECOND SESSION

CBO’s Budget & Economic Outlook: Another Trillion Dollar Deficit 

[1/26/2010] 

President’s Budget FY2011: Charts and Graphs [2/1/2010] 

President’s Budget FY2011: Summary Document [2/1/2010] 


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President’s Budget FY2011: The Relentless Growth of Government 

[2/1/2010] 

Borrow-As-You-Go: Another Debt Ceiling Increase, Behind the 

PAY-GO Facade [2/3/2010] 

Health Care Summit: Hiding Spending is Not Reducing Spending: 

[2/24/2010] 

Treasury and GAO Budget Outlook: Trillions of Unfunded Liabilities [3/05/2010] 

CBO Analysis of Obama FY2011 Budget: Charts and Graphs [3/05/ 

2010] 

CBO Analysis of Obama FY2011 Budget: CBO Analysis [3/05/2010] 

House Committee GOP Ranking Members: Endorse Immediate 

Earmark Moratorium [3/11/2010] 

The Challenge of Passing Health Care: Through Reconciliation [3/ 

12/2010] 

Health Care Reconciliation: A Broken Process With Costly Consequences (Minority Views) [3/18/ 

Health Care Reconciliation: CBO Cost Estimate of HR 4872 [3/19/ 

2010] 

Health Care Reconciliation: Graphs/Charts [3/19/2010] 

Health Care Reconciliation: Health Legislation Increases Deficits 

[3/19/2010] 

Statutory PAYGO and Health Care Reform: Letter to Director 

Orszag [3/19/2010] 

Statutory PAYGO and Health Care Reform: HBC Analysis [3/20/ 

2010] 

The Budget and Health Care Legislation: Top Ten Problems [3/20/ 

2010] 

A Review of the Legislation As Enacted: The Costly Consequences 

of Health Care Reform [4/7/2010] 

And No Congressional Budget: Tax Day [4/15/2010] 

It’s Congress’ Responsibility to Produce a Budget: House GOP Letter to Speaker Pelosi [4/15/2010] 

CMS and CBO Confirm Higher Costs and Higher Taxes: Broken 

Promises on Health Care [4/23/2010] 

Roadmap’s Financial Effects on Social Security: Social Security Office of the Chief Actuary [4/27/2010] 

Ryan, Hensarling, Garrett Letter to Geithner: Ryan Disputes GM 

Repayment Claims; Calls for Clarity and Transparency [4/28/ 

2010] 

Advertised Cost vs. True Cost of Overhaul: CBO’s Revised Cost Estimate of Health Care Overhaul: $115 Billion In Additional 

Spending [5/11/2010] 

Republican Spending Reduction Proposals: ‘‘Cut Spending Now’’ [5/ 

25/2010] 

Full Analysis: More Taxes, More Spending, and More Debt: H.R. 

4213, The Deficit-Extenders Bill [5/27/2010] 

Debt Threat Charts: The Perils of Rising Government Debt [5/27/ 

2010] 

Economic Analysis of Looming Debt Crisis: The Perils of Rising 

Government Debt [5/27/2010] 

Final Update: Still More Taxes, More Spending, and More Debt: 

H.R. 4213, The Deficit-Extenders Bill Now’’ [5/28/2010] 


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The Need to Tackle Washington’s Debt Crisis: The Democrats’ 

Budget Failure [5/28/2010] 

Discretionary Spending Increases: The Democrats’ Discretionary 

Spending [6/4/2010] 

Need Results Not More Rhetoric: Administration’s ‘‘Savings’’ Proposal [6/8/2010] 

Charts and Graphs: Hearing: State of the Economy with Federal 

Reserve Chairman Bernanke [6/9/2010] 

Obamacare: Three Months of Broken Promises: Report from Republican Leader John Boehner [6/23/2010] 

Setting the record straight on Democrats’ unprecedented budget 

failure: Spending—And Spinning—Out of Control [6/28/2010] 

Ranking Member Paul Ryan Echoes Call to Chart a New Course: 

CBO Rings Latest Fiscal Alarm [6/30/2010] 

An Admission of Fiscal Failure: The Majority’s Budget Deemer [6/ 

30/2010] 

Complications and Budget Gimmicks: The Dodd-Frank Financial 

Regulation Bill [7/2/2010] 

Analysis: The Debt Keeps Mounting OMB’s Mid-Session Review [7/ 

23/2010] 

Military Construction/ Veterans Affairs Appropriation: Appropriations Update [7/27/2010] 

Transportation-HUD Appropriation: Appropriations Update [7/28/ 

2010] 

Summary: The Illusions of Pay-Go [7/29/2010] 

Higher Deficits & Debt—But Where Are The Jobs?: Ranking Member Paul Ryan on CBO Budget Update [8/19/2010] 

Deficits and Debt Explode; Jobs and Economy Stagnate: The Looming Lost Decade [8/19/2010] 

Washington Partisans Continue Irresponsible Attacks: Ryan Calls 

for Adult Conversation & Principled Leadership; [8/27/2010] 

Camp, Lewis & Ryan Letter: Call for Bipartisan Push to Restrain 

Spending, Prevent Tax Hikes, Spur Job Creation [9/13/2010] 

Small Businesses Struggle, While Congress Spends Freely: The 

Small Business Jobs and Credit Act [9/22/2010] 

Understanding the Tax Debate: The Impact of Looming Tax Increases [9/23/2010] 

More Spending, Taxes, Deficits, and Debt: The Budget Record of 

the 111th Congress [9/29/2010] 

Setting the Record Straight: The Bipartisan Case for Entitlement 

Reform [10/1/2010] 

The Draconian Do-Nothing Plan: Social Security [10/7/2010] 

Appropriations Analysis: The Continuing Resolution for Fiscal Year 

2011[10/8/2010] 

Treasury Reports $1.3 Trillion Deficit: Ryan: Too Much Spending, 

Too Few Jobs [10/15/2010] 

Paul Ryan’s Invitation for Solutions: Met (again) with Misleading 

Attacks [10/21/2010] 

Projections for Social Security warn of status quo’s painful consequences: CBO Report: Another Call to Action [10/22/2010] 

Projections: In letter to Ranking Member Ryan, CBO highlights the 

latest health care broken promise for Social Security warn of 

status quo’s painful consequences: CBO Confirms Obamacare 

Will Increase Drug Prices[11/4/2010] 


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Investor’s Business Daily Editorial: Refocus The Fed On Price Stability Instead Of Bailing Out Fiscal Policy [12/1/2010] 

Expanded Views: Fiscal Commission [12/3/2010] 

Appropriations Analysis: The Budget Impact of the Second Continuing Resolution [12/8/2010] 

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL

The Minority Committee on the Budget also investigated wasteful 

Federal spending in a number of areas: 

Costly Counting: The 2010 Census (May 12, 2009): Significant 

schedule, performance, and cost issues during the 2010 Census. 

The Show Must Go On? (30 July 2009): Funding for the National 

Endowment of the Arts for spending on various theatre groups. 

Cash for Clinkers (8 September 2009): Federal checks were mistakenly sent to convicted felons in prison and to deceased individuals. 

Fighting Fire with * * * Festivals? (22 September 2009): Federal 

funding for various festivals held in public parks. 

Imposing One-Size-Fits-All ‘Utopia’ on Local Communities (16 June 

2010): Federal funding for various urban planning initiatives. 

The Victims of Cash for Clunkers’ ‘Success’ (22 September 2010): 

Providing Federal funding for individuals to purchase new 

cars. 

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