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94 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Expiration of the Discretionary Spending Limits: Frequently Asked Questions
2022-11-18 · Reports · R46752 · HTML available · PDF available
Reserve Funds in the Congressional Budget Process: Frequently Asked Questions
2022-10-12 · Reports · R47277 · HTML available · PDF available
The Budget Reconciliation Process: The Senate’s “Byrd Rule”
2022-09-28 · Reports · RL30862 · HTML available
Setting Budgetary Levels: The House’s FY2023 Deeming Resolution
2022-07-11 · Reports · R47175 · HTML available · PDF available
Deeming Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution
2022-06-08 · Reports · R44296 · HTML available · PDF available
Introduction to Budget Authority
2022-05-13 · Resources · IF12105 · HTML available · PDF available
Rules and Practices Governing Consideration of Revenue Legislation in the House and Senate
2022-02-22 · Reports · R41408 · HTML available · PDF available
The House Appropriations Process: Opportunities for Member Participation
2022-02-16 · Reports · R47031 · HTML available · PDF available
S.Con.Res. 14: The Budget Resolution for FY2022
2021-09-01 · Reports · R46893 · HTML available · PDF available
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the Senate: Member and Committee Requirements
2021-04-28 · Reports · RS22867 · HTML available · PDF available
Community Project Funding: House Rules and Committee Protocols
2021-03-16 · Reports · R46722 · HTML available · PDF available
Earmark Disclosure Rules in the House: Member and Committee Requirements
2021-03-11 · Reports · RS22866 · HTML available
S.Con.Res. 5: The Budget Resolution for FY2021
2021-02-08 · Reports · R46675 · HTML available · PDF available
The Budget Reconciliation Process: Stages of Consideration
2021-01-25 · Reports · R44058 · HTML available · PDF available
Changes to House Rules Affecting the Congressional Budget Process Included in H.Res. 8 (117th Congress)
2021-01-21 · Reports · R46659 · HTML available · PDF available
Lifting the Earmark Moratorium: Frequently Asked Questions
2020-12-03 · Reports · R45429 · HTML available · PDF available
Long-Term Budgeting within the Congressional Budget Process: In Brief
2019-06-28 · Reports · R45789 · HTML available · PDF available
The Joint Select Committee on Budget and Appropriations Process Reform
2019-03-26 · Reports · R45111 · HTML available · PDF available
Changes to House Rules Affecting the Congressional Budget Process Included in H.Res. 6 (116th Congress)
2019-03-04 · Reports · R45552 · HTML available · PDF available
House Offset Amendments to Appropriations Bills: Procedural Considerations
2019-02-06 · Reports · RL31055 · HTML available · PDF available
Points of Order, Rulings, and Appeals in the House of Representatives
2018-12-12 · Reports · 98-307 · HTML available
Shutdown of the Federal Government: Causes, Processes, and Effects
2018-12-10 · Reports · RL34680 · HTML available · PDF available
Lame Duck Sessions of Congress Following a Majority-Changing Election: In Brief
2018-11-13 · Reports · R45402 · HTML available · PDF available
Legislative Procedures for Adjusting the Public Debt Limit: A Brief Overview
2016-05-06 · Reports · RS21519 · HTML available
The Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Legislative Action
2016-02-23 · Reports · RL30458 · HTML available
Budget Reconciliation Process: Timing of Committee Responses to Reconciliation Directives
2016-01-19 · Reports · R41151 · HTML available
Omnibus Appropriations Acts: Overview of Recent Practices
2016-01-14 · Reports · RL32473 · HTML available
Budget Reconciliation Legislation: Development and Consideration
2015-11-30 · Reports · 98-814 · HTML available
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Historical Information
2015-11-16 · Reports · RL30297 · HTML available
Points of Order in the Congressional Budget Process
2015-10-20 · Reports · 97-865 · HTML available
Overview of the Authorization-Appropriations Process
2012-11-26 · Reports · RS20371 · HTML available
Basic Federal Budgeting Terminology
2012-11-26 · Reports · 98-410 · HTML available
Baselines and Scorekeeping in the Federal Budget Process
2012-11-26 · Reports · 98-560 · HTML available
Entitlements and Appropriated Entitlements in the Federal Budget Process
2012-11-26 · Reports · RS20129 · HTML available
Reconciliation Directives: Components and Enforcement
2012-05-03 · Reports · R41186 · HTML available
The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010: Summary and Legislative History
2010-09-13 · Reports · R41157 · HTML available
Congressional Budget Resolutions: Consideration and Amending in the Senate
2009-06-23 · Reports · R40665 · HTML available
The Budget Resolution and Spending Legislation
2009-06-09 · Reports · R40472 · HTML available
Revenue Legislation in the Congressional Budget Process
2008-08-19 · Reports · 98-471 · HTML available
Functional Categories of the Federal Budget
2008-08-19 · Reports · 98-280 · HTML available
Congressional Budget Act Points of Order
2008-08-19 · Reports · 98-876 · HTML available
Budget Resolution Enforcement
2008-08-12 · Reports · 98-815 · HTML available
Consideration of the Budget Resolution
2007-05-01 · Reports · 98-511 · HTML available
Formulation and Content of the Budget Resolution
2007-05-01 · Reports · 98-512 · HTML available