{"id":2343724,"date":"2024-09-20T05:55:09","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/believe-it-or-not-the-house-budget-committee-is-getting-things-done-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T05:57:11","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T09:57:11","slug":"believe-it-or-not-the-house-budget-committee-is-getting-things-done-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/believe-it-or-not-the-house-budget-committee-is-getting-things-done-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Believe it or not, the House Budget Committee is getting things done &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbelieve-it-or-not-the-house-budget-committee-is-getting-things-done-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2343724&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the functioning of the House Budget Committee amid\u2064 concerns about Congress&#8217;s handling of budgeting and \u200bthe rising national\u200d debt, projected to reach $37 trillion. Despite widespread criticism regarding the failure to pass necessary government spending bills and ongoing \u200bdebates over\u2063 a continuing\u2062 resolution to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-congress-can-do-away-with-spendy-government-shutdown-theater-for-good\/\" title=\"How Congress Can Do Away With Spendy Government Shutdown Theater For Good\">prevent government \u2064shutdowns<\/a>,\u200b the House\u2063 Budget Committee is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidencession-half-of-u-s-companies-preparing-for-job-cuts\/\" title=\"Bidencession: Half of U.S. Companies Preparing for Job Cuts\">taking proactive steps<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Chairman Jodey Arrington emphasizes the importance of\u200d addressing fiscal issues, noting that the committee recently passed a budget\u2063 resolution aimed at\u200c eliminating the annual deficit over the next ten years. This resolution proposes cuts to various spending \u200dprograms, including \u2064the repeal of President Biden\u2019s student loan forgiveness, without introducing new taxes. Instead, it focuses on fostering economic growth through regulatory \u200dreduction and energy production expansion.<\/p>\n<p>The article highlights bipartisan \u200befforts within the committee, including support for measures that promote transparency in\u200c government spending and the establishment\u2063 of\u200c a fiscal commission\u200c to monitor the nation\u2019s finances. However, some Democrats\u2062 on the committee criticized the economic assumptions behind the budget resolution. While only\u200b a few bills have \u2062progressed \u200din the House, the committee remains committed to reforming the budgeting process and addressing \u200bfiscal concerns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-sacff-txt\">Magazine &#8211; Washington Briefing <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Believe it or not, the House Budget Committee is getting things done<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1684895\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The average person would be forgiven for thinking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Congress<\/a> is completely bungling budgeting. The national debt is on a path to soar to $37 trillion by the end of the year. Legislators have failed to enact the <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/AppropriationsStatusTable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>12 government spending bills<\/a>. They have spent September feuding over whether to enact a continuing resolution to keep money flowing and avoid a partial or complete government shutdown on Oct. 1.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Yet amid all the bad news, there are shoots of green. The House Budget Committee is doing its job. It recognizes the nation&rsquo;s fiscal troubles and is goading the rest of Congress to cut government bloat and staunch the flow of red ink.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, the committee approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/118\/crpt\/hrpt568\/CRPT-118hrpt568.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>budget resolution<\/a> to set total spending levels for the government. This effort was notable not least because it was the first time in the past five years that the committee had passed a budget on time.<\/p>\n<p>The 167-page document aims to eliminate the annual deficit over a 10-year period. It would slow the cost growth of many spending programs and outright repeal others, such as President Joe Biden&rsquo;s student loan forgiveness. Other savings would be achieved through reducing the improper payments or the instances when the government sends money to individuals or organizations who do not qualify.<\/p>\n<p>No new taxes are included in the resolution. Instead, it hopes to increase the flow of dollars to the Treasury by directing Congress to enact &ldquo;pro-growth&rdquo; policies, such as cutting regulations and sporting the expansion of U.S. energy production. Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) <a href=\"https:\/\/budget.house.gov\/press-release\/chairman-arrington-delivers-opening-statements-at-the-markup-of-the-concurrent-budget-resolution\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>defended<\/a> the trillions of dollars in proposed cuts: &ldquo;Ladies and gentlemen, the facts are irrefutable. Our deficit spending is out of control, our national debts are unsustainable, and the fiscal state of the Union is in rapid decline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX). (Yuri Gripas\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Democrats on the Budget Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-budget.house.gov\/resources\/reports\/spoiling-shutdown-republicans-restart-budget-calendar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>heaped scorn<\/a> on the resolution and faulted its economic assumptions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The budget uses astonishing predictions of economic growth, tax receipts, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-eye-new-version-of-biden-spending-bill-with-manchin-support\/\" title=\"Democrats Eye New Version of Biden Spending Bill With Manchin Support\">future spending levels<\/a>. The economic assumptions behind the budget appear to be a wild departure from all reputable sources.&rdquo; None of them voted for the resolution, and the Democratic-controlled Senate has not taken up the resolution or produced one of its own, leaving it a dead letter.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred, Arrington and the committee have kept their shoulders to the wheel. The committee has drafted some ideas for improving the broken 50-year-old budget process, and it has <a href=\"https:\/\/budget.house.gov\/press-release\/house-budget-committee-releases-discussion-drafts-and-solicits-feedback-on-legislation-to-improve-the-congressional-budget-process\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>asked<\/a> for feedback and additional ideas from groups and individuals outside Congress. It also has approved 10 bills to alter aspects of the congressional budgeting.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;My goal from the outset was to make the budget committee great again by reining-in spending, fixing the broken budget process, and restoring fiscal sanity in Washington,&rdquo; Arrington said in an email shared by a committee staffer. Arrington added the committee had made &ldquo;tremendous strides&rdquo; toward these goals and noted that he and panel members &ldquo;help[ed] lead the debt ceiling negotiations, which yielded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jim-jordan-leaves-open-possibility-for-cuts-to-pentagon-budge\/\" title=\"Jim Jordan Leaves Open Possibility for Cuts to Pentagon Budge\">biggest discretionary spending cuts<\/a> in 10 years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While budgetary issues often devolve into partisan posturing, the House Budget Committee has moved legislation with the support of both sides of the aisle. Arrington co-sponsored ranking member Brendan Boyle&rsquo;s (D-PA) measure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/7032\/all-actions?s=3&amp;r=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>force<\/a> executive agencies to share more spending data with the Congressional Budget Office. Committee Republicans and Democrats alike voted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/5779\/all-actions?s=3&amp;r=16\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>establish a fiscal commission<\/a> to get the nation&rsquo;s finances in order and to have the Senate and House annually convene and listen to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/6952?s=3&amp;r=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>fiscal &ldquo;state of the union&rdquo; presentation<\/a> by the nonpartisan comptroller general.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Committee Republicans and Democrats also have supported measures to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/6957\/all-actions?s=3&amp;r=9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>require<\/a> the president to include in his budget a debt-to-gross domestic product ratio and to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/8372?s=3&amp;r=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>add<\/a> a per capita federal debt figure to each taxpayer&rsquo;s W-2 form. (That number was about $229,546.702, or <a href=\"https:\/\/fiscaldata.treasury.gov\/datasets\/debt-to-the-penny\/debt-to-the-penny\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$35,256,056,842,790.06<\/a> divided by <a href=\"https:\/\/taxfoundation.org\/data\/all\/federal\/latest-federal-income-tax-data-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>153,589,908<\/a>, at the time of writing.)<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, only two of the bills have won a vote in the House: Boyle and Arrington&rsquo;s legislation and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/766\/text?s=3&amp;r=39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>measure<\/a> to curb the long-term growth in healthcare spending by encouraging more preventive care policies. The Senate passed the CBO legislation, and it may soon land on the president&rsquo;s desk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quite possibly, the House will move more of these bills this autumn. But whether any of them get through the Senate is hard to say. The &ldquo;world&rsquo;s greatest deliberative body&rdquo; has shown few signs that it is grappling with the federal budget mess.<\/p>\n<p>Its Budget Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/AppropriationsStatusTable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>did not approve<\/a> a budget resolution despite the law requiring it to do so by April. Much of its work has been devoted to expanding consumer uptake of electric vehicles, climate change, reproductive freedom, and increasing taxes on corporations. And while the House passed <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/AppropriationsStatusTable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>five of the 12 spending bills<\/a>, the Senate has passed <a href=\"https:\/\/crsreports.congress.gov\/AppropriationsStatusTable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>none<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kevin R. Kosar (@kevinrkosar) is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and edits UnderstandingCongress.org.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1684895\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1684895\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**Magazine &#8211; Washington Briefing: Surprisingly, the House Budget Committee is Making Progress**<\/p>\n<p>Many might assume that Congress is failing miserably at managing the budget. The national debt is projected to reach $37 trillion by year-end, and lawmakers have not yet passed any of the 12 government spending bills. Throughout September, they have been embroiled in disputes over whether to implement a continuing resolution to maintain funding and prevent a government shutdown on October 1. However, amidst this troubling landscape, there are positive developments. The House Budget Committee is actively addressing the nation\u2019s fiscal challenges and urging Congress to reduce unnecessary government spending and curb deficits.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, the committee successfully approved a budget resolution that outlines total government spending levels\u2014a significant achievement as it marks the first time in five years that such a budget has been passed on schedule. The comprehensive 167-page document aims to eliminate annual deficits over ten years by slowing down expenditure growth for various programs and eliminating others entirely, including President Biden&#8217;s student loan forgiveness initiative. Additional savings would come from reducing improper payments\u2014instances where funds are incorrectly allocated to unqualified recipients or organizations\u2014and no new taxes are proposed within this resolution.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of raising taxes, it seeks to boost Treasury revenues through &#8220;pro-growth&#8221; policies like deregulation and promoting U.S. energy production expansion. Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) emphasized the necessity of these cuts: \u201cThe facts are irrefutable&#8230; our deficit spending is out of control.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Democrats on the committee criticized the resolution for its economic assumptions, claiming it relies on overly optimistic predictions regarding growth and tax revenue; none supported it during voting sessions. Meanwhile, with no action from their Democratic counterparts in the Senate\u2014who also failed to produce their own budget\u2014the resolution remains inactive.<\/p>\n<p>Despite these setbacks, Arrington and his team continue their efforts by proposing improvements for an outdated budgeting process while seeking input from external groups for additional ideas. They have also approved ten bills aimed at reforming congressional budgeting practices.<\/p>\n<p>Arrington stated his commitment was \u201cto make the budget committee great again\u201d by controlling spending and restoring fiscal responsibility in Washington; he noted significant progress toward these objectives while highlighting bipartisan cooperation within some legislative efforts.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Arrington co-sponsored legislation with ranking member Brendan Boyle (D-PA) requiring executive agencies to provide more detailed financial data to Congress&#8217;s Budget Office (CBO). Both Republicans and Democrats supported establishing a fiscal commission aimed at improving national finances as well as measures mandating presidential budgets include debt-to-GDP ratios alongside per capita federal debt figures on taxpayers&#8217; W-2 forms.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, only two bills have advanced through House votes so far: Boyle\u2019s CBO legislation\u2014which has already cleared Senate approval\u2014and another focused on curbing long-term healthcare costs via preventive care incentives.<\/p>\n<p>While there may be potential for further legislative movement this autumn within the House regarding these proposals, uncertainty looms over whether they will gain traction in an unyielding Senate that has largely focused its attention elsewhere\u2014on issues like electric vehicle adoption or climate change rather than addressing federal budgeting concerns\u2014as evidenced by its failure even to approve a required budget resolution earlier this year despite legal obligations.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin R. Kosar (@kevinrkosar) serves as a senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute while editing UnderstandingCongress.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2469,"featured_media":2343725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WB.congress-0925.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[7983,5045,41295,4762,32076],"class_list":["post-2343724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-budgeting","tag-government","tag-house-budget-committee","tag-legislation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/WB.congress-0925.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2343724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2343724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2343725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2343724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2343724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2343724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}