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The Peterson-Pew Budget Commission met from 2009 to 2011 to make recommendations about how to improve the nation’s fiscal future. This site is historical and not regularly updated.


 
September 11, 2009

New Commission Report

Getting Back in the Black

 

 

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Commission Material

December 13, 2011
Eyes on the Horizon: Multi-Year Budgeting and its Role in the Federal Budget Process
December 13, 2011
Tied to the Mast: Fiscal Rules and Their Uses
December 13, 2011
Budgeting for Emergencies
December 13, 2011
Performance Budgeting
December 13, 2011
Options for the Federal Budget Process: Overview
October 19, 2011
Paths to Debt Stabilization: A Comparison of Debt Triggers
June 8, 2011
As Policymakers Search for the Right Fiscal Tool, Peterson-Pew Commission’s New Fiscal Toolbox Can Help
April 28, 2011
Peterson-Pew Fiscal Targets: Ten Issues in Designing a New Debt Failsafe
November 10, 2010
Getting Back in the Black
November 10, 2010
Peterson-Pew Commission Recommends Major Revisions to Federal Budget Process
July 29, 2010
Maya MacGuineas's Testimony Before the Fiscal Commission
July 29, 2010
Barry Anderson's Testimony Before the Fiscal Commission
March 10, 2010
Op-Ed: Does Congress Have the Will to Tackle to Debt?
February 17, 2010
Event 2/16: Avoiding a Government Debt Crisis
February 11, 2010
Testimony: Choosing the Nation's Fiscal Future
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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

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan organization established by Pete Peterson – businessman, philanthropist, and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce. The 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, we work to bring Americans together to find and implement 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. The Trusts apply a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public, and stimulate civic life. The Trusts partner with a diverse range of donors, public and private organizations, and concerned citizens who share a commitment to fact-based solutions and goal-driven investments to improve society.

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Commissioners

Co-Chairs

Mitch Daniels

Leon Panetta

Timothy Penny

President

Maya MacGuineas

Directors

Barry Anderson

Erskine Bowles

Charles Bowsher

Kent Conrad

Dan Crippen

Vic Fazio

Bill Gradison, Jr.

William Hoagland

James Jones

Lou Kerr

Jim Kolbe

Dave McCurdy

James T. McIntyre, Jr.

David Minge

June O'Neill

Paul O'Neill

Marne Obernauer, Jr.

Robert Packwood

Rudolph Penner

Peter G. Peterson

Robert Reischauer

Alice Rivlin

Charles Robb

Alan K. Simpson

John Spratt

Charlie Stenholm

Eugene Steuerle

David Stockman

John Tanner

Tom Tauke

George Voinovich

Paul Volcker

Carol Cox Wait

David Walker

Joseph R. Wright, Jr.

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