by jpitney | Jan 29, 2026 | Appropriations, Budget, Congress
Don Wolfensberger: The delay in the government funding process is nothing new. According to “Vital Statistics on Congress,” in fiscal years 1977 through 2019, Congress enacted all 13 (now 12) regular appropriations bills only three times before the start of the fiscal...
by jpitney | Jan 13, 2026 | Budget, California Politics
From the California Legislative Analyst’s Office: Multiyear Budget Deficits Alarming. Both our office and the administration expect the state to face multiyear deficits, with estimates ranging from $20 billion to $35 billion annually. These deficits are...
by jpitney | Jan 1, 2026 | Budget, California Politics
Yue Stella Yu at CalMatters: The deficit is projected to reach nearly $18 billion next year, mostly because the state is expected to spend so much money that it would offset, if not eclipse, the strong tax revenues driven by an AI boom, said the nonpartisan...
by jpitney | Oct 17, 2025 | Budget, Congress
Kevin Kosar: Sometimes Congress does not bother to adopt a budget resolution. Legislators rarely enact individual spending bills. Instead, they ball them up into omnibus spending packages or pass continuing resolutions. Reconciliation has devolved into a vehicle for...
by jpitney | Sep 30, 2025 | Appropriations, Budget, Congress
The Congressional Appropriations Process: Background and Potential Innovations By James C. Capretta, AEI Abstract: The courts should, and probably will, constrain the Trump administration’s aggressive push in 2025 to diminish Congress’s constitutional role in...
by jpitney | Sep 19, 2025 | Budget, Congress, Presidency
Don Wolfensberger The issue of pocket rescissions may seem peripheral or even irrelevant, given the big picture backdrop of a government teetering on the brink this month. But it actually has major significance, since it raises new questions and possibilities over who...
