Bipartisan group of senators discussing sweeping budget overhaul

By Joseph Lawler

Published May 20, 2016 9:56pm ET

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Bipartisan group of senators discussing sweeping budget overhaul — Top lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee have previously discussed some of the ideas in public, but with this week's meeting members of both parties have begun talking about which reforms could muster enough support to clear both the House and Senate and become law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) | Alex Brandon

A bipartisan group of senators is considering major changes to the congressional budget process to fix what members of both parties view as a broken system, including eliminating the budget committees, overhauling the federal debt limit and instituting biennial budgeting.

Senators reviewed a wide range of possible reforms on Thursday, according to a draft list of ideas discussed at the meeting obtained by the Washington Examiner.

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