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The US federal budgeting process is broken. In fact, it has been broken in various ways since the original passing of the Congressional Budget Act in 1974. As we approach 50 years of fiscal dysfunction, BP50 is here to provide a platform and aggregator for budget experts from all corners to share their ideas, proposals and analysis. The fiscal health of the United States is declining, and the first step in its convalescence is budgeting reform. That conversation lives here.

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The US federal budgeting process is broken. As the 50th anniversary of the Congressional Budget Act approaches, we created BP50 to provide a platform for fiscal experts from all corners to share ideas and proposals for reform.

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Veronique de Rugy

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George Gibbs Chair in Political Economy and Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center

Kevin R. Kosar

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Editor: http://www.UnderstandingCongress.org ~ Beverages, Books, & More: https://beveragesbooksandmore.substack.com/ ~ Kosar on Congress and Governance, https://kevinrkosar.substack.com/

Leo Plumer

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Leo is a university-based researcher marrying domestic and international political economy.

Romina Boccia

@debtdispatch
Director of Budget and Entitlements | Cato Institute

Susannah Petitt

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Susannah Petitt is the Program Manager for the Fiscal and Labor Policy teams at the Mercatus Center

Leo Plumer

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I am a research assistant at the Mercatus Center. I write mostly on fiscal and industrial policy.

Christopher M. Russo

@econintelligence
Doctoral candidate in economics at George Mason University. Previously an economist at the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Senate Banking Committee, and Federal Reserve. All views expressed are his own.

Adam Michel

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Director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute.

Kurt Couchman

@kurtcouchman
Senior fellow in fiscal policy at Americans for Prosperity. Former congressional staffer, builder of bipartisan budget fixes.

Dominik Lett

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Research Associate for Budget and Entitlement Policy | Cato Institute
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