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House Budget Committee GOP U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Budget. Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) House of Representatives.

Established during an era of unprecedented institutional reform in Congress, the Committee on the Budget’s function derives from the constitutional mandate that fixes control of the nation’s purse in the U.S. Although Congress has always possessed the legal authority to exercise power over federal appropriations, a formal institutional mechanism to manage taxes and spending did not exist until 1974. Three developments precipitated the need for a formal mechanism: increasing conflicts between Congress and the President over the federal budget; the challenge of managing long-term programs such as Social Security and Medicare; and budget deficits in the latter 20th century. The committee originated in 1974 with the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (PL 93-344), which permitted Congress to develop an independent means to analyze the Presidential budget, reconcile it with congressional plans, and develop a fiscal policy of its own. The act established permanent standing budget committees in both houses of Congress, as well as a Congressional Budget Office to provide Congress with independent, nonpartisan analyses. Unlike its Senate counterpart, the House Budget Committee has a larger membership (36 in the House compared to 23 in the Senate); ratios are determined at the beginning of every Congress based on party strength. The committee handles broad questions about federal spending and taxation and ensures that the House follows the 1974 law. Learn more about the Budget Committee → http://budget.house.gov/about/

This year, CMS identified 189,000 people who had subsidized Obamacare plans and either had duplicate coverage or were de...
10/14/2026

This year, CMS identified 189,000 people who had subsidized Obamacare plans and either had duplicate coverage or were deceased.

With the cancellation of these duplicative or ineligible plans, CMS is saving taxpayers approximately $1.5 billion over the next year.

CMS has ended Obamacare subsidies for approximately 551,000 enrollees already receiving coverage under Medicaid. According to Dr. Mehmet Oz, these efforts have saved taxpayers nearly $6 billion to date.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a division of the U.S HHS continue to crush fraud, waste, and abuse in America’s healthcare

10/14/2026

Republicans are going after waste, fraud, and abuse in government programs. With pro-growth, pro-work, and pro-energy policies, we’re unleashing job creation and prosperity for hard working Americans. 🇺🇸

Common sense = dead people shouldn’t receive taxpayer dollars.Thanks to President Trump and a Republican-led Congress, m...
10/07/2026

Common sense = dead people shouldn’t receive taxpayer dollars.

Thanks to President Trump and a Republican-led Congress, more than $175 million in fraudulent government payments to dead people have been stopped this year.

That’s what fighting waste, fraud, and abuse looks like.

Treasury's "Do Not Pay" program screened over 1.1 billion payments worth $3.7 trillion, catching 13,500 improper payments to deceased people.

09/28/2026

Former Senator Joe Manchin III paints a sobering picture - families and businesses could not survive if they ran their finances the way the government runs its own.

09/28/2026

Former Rob Portman highlights the overwhelming support for a bipartisan fiscal commission.

09/28/2026

Chairman Rep. Jodey Arrington: “Our gross debt to GDP now surpasses that of World War II when we were fighting Imperial Japan and N**i Germany.”

Reversing the curse of our national debt is the World War of our generation.

09/25/2026

State governments have been calling for a bipartisan fiscal commission for decades. It’s past time for Washington to follow their lead.

09/25/2026

Former Secretary of Defense and House Budget Committee Chairman Leon Panetta on righting our fiscal ship: “This is going to require some very tough decisions. But for goodness sakes, do something”

📸WEEK IN PHOTOS:Thank you to Senator Joe Manchin III, Rob Portman, and former Secretary Leon Panetta for joining the Hou...
09/25/2026

📸WEEK IN PHOTOS:

Thank you to Senator Joe Manchin III, Rob Portman, and former Secretary Leon Panetta for joining the House Budget Committee for this week’s bipartisan hearing, “America’s Fiscal Future: Examining the Need for a Fiscal Commission” in Dallas.

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