Budget reforms would end Senate vote-a-rama

A set of budget reform ideas introduced Wednesday would create special fiscal commissions to meet debt targets, move Congress to biennial spending bills and end the annual Senate spectacle known as the “vote-a-rama,” among other major changes.

Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee who has been leading the effort to overhaul the budget process, outlined the possible points of bipartisan agreement Wednesday and suggested that he could introduce legislation shortly if he is able to muster support.