Redesigning the budget process: A role for independent commissions?
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy HigashiIn early 2018 Congress created a bipartisan, bicameral Select Committee to design a package of budget process changes to improve the timeliness and efficiency of...
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How can we take partisanship out of the budget process? The lessons from this...
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy Higashi The brinkmanship surrounding threats of a year-end federal government shutdown underscores once again the need for budget process reforms. There is broad agreement...
View ArticleMillennial perspective: Climate change and national debt
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy Higashi
View ArticleBudgeting to promote social objectives—a primer on braiding and blending
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy Higashi, Marcela CabelloWe know that to achieve success in most social policy areas, such as homelessness, school graduation, stable housing, happier aging, or better...
View ArticleNeeded: Budgeting tools to address the fiscal aftermath of stimulus spending
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy HigashiIt is broadly accepted, even among most deficit hawks, that a major increase in the deficit and long-term debt is the price we have to pay during this COVID-19 crisis...
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How the TRUST Act would help buttress key programs
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy HigashiCongress has wisely been taking fiscal steps to blunt the economic consequences of COVID-19, even as the legislation has sharply increased projected federal deficits...
View ArticleToolkit for engaging millennials with the national debt debate
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy Higashi, Layla Zaidane, Joe GreaneyMillennials and younger Americans differ sharply from older generations in the urgency they place on addressing climate change and the...
View ArticleHow budget flexibility tools help address social determinants of health
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy Higashi, Nehath SheriffPolicy makers and health care professionals recognize that there is much more to good health than just medical care. Achieving healthy families and...
View ArticleSome good news on bipartisanship: The Select Committee on the Modernization...
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy HigashiAfter this divisive election, it is widely assumed that polarization and a lack of inter-party cooperation will be the norm for at least the next few years. But while...
View ArticleThe COVID-19 experience shows government budgeting can become more nimble
By Stuart M Butler, Timothy HigashiMost of the major social challenges facing America, from homelessness and opioid dependency to achieving successful aging and good family health, require the...
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