September 11, 2009

Commission Material

January 26, 2010
Op-Ed: We Must Tackle the Debt Threat Now
January 21, 2010
Testimony: Perspectives on Long-Term Deficits
December 28, 2009
Op-Ed: Quit Digging the Federal Spending Hole
December 27, 2009
Op-Ed: The Coming Debt Crisis
December 21, 2009
Op-Ed: Not Just Another Budget Commission
December 18, 2009
Op-Ed: No more Ignoring the Debt - It's Time to Get Skin in the Game
December 16, 2009
Op-Ed: In a Debt Hole, Let's Stop Digging
December 14, 2009
Red Ink Rising
December 14, 2009
Event 12/14: Release of 'Red Ink Rising'
December 14, 2009
Budget Blueprint: Paths to 60 Percent
December 14, 2009
Op-Ed: Recommendations on How to Solve Our Debt Problem
December 14, 2009
Op-Ed: Red Ink Rising
December 10, 2009
Op-Ed: Congress' Bad Record of Passing Appropriations Bills Shows Need for Budget Process Reform
September 30, 2009
Op-Ed: It’s Time to Foster Long-Term Fiscal Stability
September 16, 2009
Event 9/16: Beyond PAYGO
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Resources

The Peterson-Pew Commission includes some of the nation’s preeminent experts to make recommendations for how best to strengthen the budget process used by federal lawmakers. It draws on the work of many technical advisers as well as White House, OMB, CBO, and congressional staff. Below are a few resources on budget sustainability and process reform.

 

Reports and Bills

CRS Introduction to the Federal Budget Process

President’s Commission on Budget Reform

Congressional Budget Act of 1974

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990

CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook

JCT Publications on Tax Expenditures

 

Outside Websites

Congressional Budget Office

Office of Management and Budget

Government Accountability Office

House Budget Committee

Senate Budget Committee 

Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board

OECD: Budgeting and Public Expenditures

 

About the Commission

 

Partners

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget is the parent organization of the US Budget Watch Project. It is a bipartisan, non-profit group committed to educating the public about issues that have significant fiscal policy impact. The Committee is made up of some of the most important budget experts in the country including many of the past Directors of the Budget Committees, the Congressional Budget Office, the Office of Management and Budget and the Federal Reserve Board.

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Peter G. Peterson Foundation

Founded by the senior chairman of The Blackstone Group with a personal commitment of at least $1 billion, the Peter G. Peterson Foundation is dedicated to increasing public awareness of the nature and urgency of key fiscal challenges threatening America's future, and to accelerating action on them.  To address these challenges successfully, the Foundation works to bring Americans together to find sensible, long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results.

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The Pew Charitable Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today’s most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. The Pew Economic Policy Group is a division of The Pew Charitable Trusts and promotes policies and practices that strengthen the U.S. economy.
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Commissioners

Co-Chairs

Bill Frenzel

Timothy Penny

Charlie Stenholm

President

Maya MacGuineas

Project Manager

Steve Redburn

Directors

Barry Anderson

Roy Ash

Charles Bowsher

Steve Coll

Dan Crippen

Vic Fazio

Bill Gradison, Jr.

William H. Gray, III

William Hoagland

Douglas Holtz-Eakin

James Jones

Lou Kerr

Jim Kolbe

James Lynn

James T. McIntyre, Jr.

David Minge

Jim Nussle

June O'Neill

Marne Obernauer, Jr.

Rudolph Penner

Peter G. Peterson

Robert Reischauer

Alice Rivlin

Martin Sabo

Eugene Steuerle

David Stockman

Paul Volcker

Carol Cox Wait

David Walker

Joseph R. Wright, Jr.

Senior Advisors

Elmer Staats

Robert Strauss

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