Paul Ryan: “What this does is this elevates the budget resolution to a level of a law. Specifically, this would change the current…”

“What this does is this elevates the budget resolution to a level of a law. Specifically, this would change the current nonbinding concurrent budget resolution into a joint resolution, which would give the force of law when signed by the President. This would encourage the President to get involved early in the process, instead of having this typical annual brinksmanship that we have in the budget process at the end of the year, so that we can settle on the numbers between the other body, this body, and the White House and move on to good legislation. A joint resolution would be binding and have the force of law so that both the Congress and the White House would work these issues out in the beginning of the annual year. The simplicity of this budget resolution makes agreements easier to reach because negotiations will be forced early on in the process.”