“An independent panel of policy experts says it’s time to give the federal budget process stronger teeth. The group of advisers from across the ideological spectrum, called the Convergence Center for Policy Resolution, issued a report Monday aimed at spurring a rethinking of the budget process that hasn’t been overhauled since 1974 (PL 93-344). A newly formed congressional panel plans to recommend process changes by late November (See item 2).”