Executive Memorandum posted March 9, 1998 by Scott Hodge
Why Congress Must Preserve Spending Caps
The
prospect of a balanced federal budget has eroded Congress's already
shaky commitment to fiscal discipline. Less than one year after
lawmakers enacted the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (BBA 1997), many
powerful Members of Congress seem poised to join with President
Bill Clinton in disavowing one of the act's key elements--the
statutory…
Backgrounder posted May 12, 1997 by Scott Hodge
The 1997 Budget Agreement: The Return of Big Government
Introduction
The Republican leadership of Congress and President Bill Clinton
have released the initial details of their plan to balance the
federal budget by 2002 and provide modest tax cuts for hardworking
Americans. Each new detail that comes out, however, confirms that
this is a deal based on $300 billion in questionable assumptions
that mask a…
Backgrounder posted October 15, 1996 by Scott Hodge
Reinvention Has Not Ended the "Era of Big Government"
Visuals:
Chart 1:
Federal Workforce Costs Rise While Numbers Fall
Table 1:
1993 Estimated Savings from NPR Compared with Savings Estimates of
Actions to Date
Table 2:
1993 Estimated Savings from NPR Compared with Savings…
Backgrounder posted March 11, 1996 by Scott Hodge
Clinton's FY 1997 Budget: The Era of Big Government Lives On
Introduction
Just weeks after telling the nation, in this year's State of the
Union address, that the "era of big government is over," Bill
Clinton indicated that the obituary notice was somewhat premature
when he delivered his a 20-page FY 1997 budget to Congress. In
contrast to the Balanced Budget Act of 1995 (BBA), which…