With the release of the House Republican’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget resolution, budgetary issues are roaring back to the front burner. This National Journal policy summit took a substantive look at each of the leading budget proposals to answer pressing questions. Where might budgetary compromise and confrontation exist in the competing plans? What does each plan say about the political parties’ respective vision for the country? How are issues like entitlement reform or changes in the federal tax code addressed? And finally, given the long-standing political impasse on budgetary issues, is passing a comprehensive budget still possible, or is the age of continuing resolutions the “new normal” in polarized Washington?
Featured Speakers:
Kristin Roberts
- Managing Editor, Budget and Economy, National Journal
Jim Tankersley
- Economics Correspondent, National Journal
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)
- Chairman, House Budget Committee
The Hon. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Ranking Member, House Budget Committee
Steve Bell
- Senior Director of Economic Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
Laura Peterson
- Senior Policy Analyst, Taxpayers for Common Sense
Ethan Pollack
- Senior Policy Analyst, Economic Policy Institute
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