Congress and the executive branch could have joint budget resolutions
By Hicbd
Sun Jul 10 2022 10:23 am
"The idea of joint budget resolutions offers a possible, partial antidote for such budgetary drift, rising entitlement spending, and the endless inertia in our federal budgeting practices. Unlike a congressional budget resolution, a joint resolution must be agreed to by the president— and therefore would be a law. It thus has the potential to facilitate, and perhaps even pressure, the legislative and executive branches into coming to an agreement early in the process on key budgetary aggregates that would govern later decisions by both branches...It is critical that a joint budget resolution have the capacity to place an upper limit on mandatory program spending, along with caps on discretionary spending and a floor for revenues."
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