Bipartisan Reforms Get Budget Committee OK, Heading to Uncertain Senate Floor Future

Bipartisan Reforms Get Budget Committee OK, Heading to Uncertain Senate Floor Future
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 11, 2019. Zach Gibson/Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
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WASHINGTON—A package of fundamental reforms in how Congress does federal budgeting received overwhelmingly bipartisan support at the committee level and is now heading to the Senate floor, where it could face big hurdles.

The principal sponsors of the Bipartisan Congressional Budget Reform Act of 2019 are Senate Budget Committee Chairman Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) and committee member Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.).

Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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