DorobekINSIDER Reader: 2012 Budget explained

President Obama’s release of the proposed 2012 budget on Monday was followed by a flurry of stories and analysis. The DorobekINSIDER has pulled together some of the most useful/interesting/insightful resources on the budget.

• Highlights of the budget (New York Times)
  Go through the actual budget annotated with comments by Times reporters.
• Budget battle: The road ahead (POLITICO)
  Deal or no deal? Compromise or stalemate? Politico lays out the possible outcomes of the budget battle.
• House Tries New Rules for Spending Bill Debate (Wall Street Journal)
  The new process, from WSJ: “The bill will be read, paragraph by paragraph, on the House floor. When a member of either party wants to offer an amendment, he or she can rise and do so — as long as it’s relevant to the paragraph being read. At that point, any lawmaker can speak for five minutes — for or against the amendment.”
• Ressler’s Rule #12:” He who controls the budget, controls the organization” (GovLoop)
  Wisdom from John Ressler, a retired fed
• John Boehner: If federal jobs are lost, ‘So be it’ (Washington Post – Federal Eye)
  Is it true government can’t afford to keep feds on the job? Read House Speaker John Boehner’s response.
• Congress turns budget-cutting knife on itself (Washington Post)
  How much is Congress willing to give up? And, after the Tucson shootings, how much will it be putting into security?
• DorobekINSIDER poll
  Did Monday’s release of the budget affect your job? And, when all is said and done, what will be the final budget?

Copyright © 2024 Federal News Network. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic Area.