A bill to require the Congress and the President to use the spending levels for the current fiscal year (without adjustment for inflation) in the preparation of the budget for each new fiscal year in order to clearly identify spending increases from one fiscal year to the next fiscal year.
Common Sense Budget Act of 1989 - Amends Federal law to require both the President and the Congress to draft a budget based on estimates of current fiscal year spending, proposing increases or decreases based on this level (rather than on an estimated baseline).
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Budget Office to use such a current fiscal year baseline in its report to the congressional budget committees, projecting growth for entitlement and discretionary spending based on current fiscal year spending.
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Legislative Process.
Introduced in Senate
Referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one committee reports, the other committee have thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
Committee on Budget. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Budget. Reported to Senate by Senator Sasser without amendment. With written report No. 101-477. Minority views filed.
Committee on Budget. Reported to Senate by Senator Sasser without amendment. With written report No. 101-477. Minority views filed.
Referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs, pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977.
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs discharged. Pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977.
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs discharged. Pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1029.
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