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Senators Corker and Toomey Reach Tentative Budget Resolution Deal

Bob Corker and Pat Toomey, GOP members of the Senate Budget Committee, have reached a tentative agreement on a budget resolution that would allow for tax cuts that would significantly increase the deficit as determined using static scoring.  While the Senators did not specify the size of the potential deficit increase, Senator Ron Johnson indicated that he would support an amount of at...

Senate Budget Committee Considers Appropriate Baseline Measure

Senate Budget Chairman Michael Enzi confirmed that he intends to mark up a fiscal 2018 budget resolution in September.  First, however, the Budget Committee will need to agree on how to measure the resolution, using either the current policy baseline or current law baseline.  The former method, which reduces projected federal revenue by approximately $460 billion over 10 years, assumes...