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119TH CONGRESS · UPDATED 7:08 PM ET
SENATESTANDING COMMITTEE · SINCE 1974SINCE 1974

Senate Committee on the Budget

Writes the Senate's yearly budget resolution, a blueprint that sets totals for spending, taxes, deficits and debt. It also checks bills against budget limits, studies tax breaks and oversees the Congressional Budget Office.

Writes the Senate's yearly budget resolution setting totals for spending, taxes and deficits. Also oversees the Congressional Budget Office.

WHAT IT DECIDES
Budget resolutionSpending and tax totalsBudget limit checksTax break studiesCBO oversight
Budget resolutionSpending and tax totalsBudget limit checksTax break studiesCBO oversight
Hearings and markupsbudget.senate.gov
ITS RECORD THIS CONGRESS

16 bills sent here. 2 came out.16 bills in. 2 came out.

13% CAME OUT · SENATE AVERAGE 12%
REFERRED16
CAME OUT13%2
PASSED THE SENATE100%2
BECAME LAW100%2

13% came out, against a Senate average of 12%.

REFERRED
16
THIS CONGRESS
CAME OUT
2
13% OF PREVIOUS
PASSED THE SENATE
2
100% OF PREVIOUS
BECAME LAW
2
100% OF PREVIOUS

Bills can be sent to more than one committee. “Came out” means this committee voted to report it or was discharged from it, or the full Senate passed it.

AFTER THEY LEFT COMMITTEEON THE FLOOR
S. 2 · JUN 10BECAME LAWSecure America Act119-98BECAME LAW119-98S. 2 · JUN 5PASSEDSecure America Act52–47PASSED52–47H.R. 4 · JUL 24BECAME LAWRescissions Act of 2025119-28BECAME LAW119-28H.R. 4 · JUL 17PASSEDRescissions Act of 202551–48PASSED51–48
BILLS WAITING HERE · 14

What the chair hasn’t taken up yetNot taken up yet

S. 5442 · SENT SEP 170 COSPONSORSS. 5442SENT SEP 17Cost Estimates Improvement ActTL;DR Congressional estimates help lawmakers understand how legislation could affect the budget. The bill would require the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation to include, when practicable, any costs of servicing the public debt in their estimates.Rick ScottR-FLRick ScottR-FL0 COSPONSORSS. 4455 · SENT APR 305 COSPONSORSS. 4455SENT APR 30Public Lands Integrity ActTL;DR Reconciliation lets Congress consider certain spending and revenue changes through an expedited process. The bill would treat provisions resulting in the sale, disposal, or transfer of federal lands as extraneous under the Senate's Byrd Rule, restricting their inclusion in reconciliation legislation.Michael F. BennetD-COMichael F. BennetD-CO5 COSPONSORSS. 4372 · SENT APR 220 COSPONSORSS. 4372SENT APR 22No Bias in the Baseline ActTL;DR Federal budget baselines project spending and revenues under existing policies. The bill would revise the rules for those projections, including assuming current discretionary funding continues and prohibiting inflation adjustments. It would also exclude specified emergency and supplemental resources from part of the calculation.Roger MarshallR-KSRoger MarshallR-KS0 COSPONSORSS. 4173 · SENT MAR 242 COSPONSORSS. 4173SENT MAR 24Dollar-for-Dollar Deficit Reduction ActTL;DR The federal debt limit is a legal cap on how much the government may borrow. This bill would require debt-limit increases and suspensions to come with spending cuts tied to the debt they allow. It would also require Treasury warnings, CBO calculations, and new voting rules for considering those measures.John BarrassoR-WYJohn BarrassoR-WY2 COSPONSORSS. 3951 · SENT FEB 260 COSPONSORSS. 3951SENT FEB 26Balanced Budget Responsibility Act of 2026TL;DR The federal budget pays for government programs and services. This bill would let the President leave certain funds unspent if the President determines there will be a deficit for the fiscal year, after consulting the Treasury Secretary and the Office of Management and Budget. The amount could not exceed what is needed to eliminate the deficit, and Medicare and Social Security’s old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program would be excluded.Rick ScottR-FLRick ScottR-FL0 COSPONSORS
MEMBERS · 21

In seniority order, so you can see who’s next in lineBy seniority, so you see who’s next in line

1 LEAVING AFTER THIS CONGRESS
WHERE THEY’RE FROM19 STATES

Darker means more members. Oregon and Virginia have the most, with 2 each.

WHAT IT HANDLES

Mostly budget and public finance

POLICY AREA OF THE 16 BILLS SENT HERE
Budget and public finance1275%
Health213%
Immigration16.3%
Other16.3%
ITS BILLS IN THE NEWSMOST COVERED
S. 2 · BECAME LAW20 STORIESSecure America Act
ITS BILLS IN THE NEWS
BECAME LAW20 STORIESS. 2: Secure America Act
HEARINGS AND MARKUPS

When it meets

ALL IN THE HEARINGS HUB →
7
hearings this Congress
5
markups

A markup is where members amend a bill and vote to send it to the floor.

Nothing scheduled yet. Committees post meetings about a week ahead.

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