Screen LibraryThe federal budget：politics, policy, process
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| Published: |
Brookings Institution Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
| Publication Dates: | c2007. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 345 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780815777359 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0815777353 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | F817 |
| CLC: | F817.122 |
| Call Number: | F817.122/S331/3rd.ed. |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Conflict and resolution in federal budgeting -- Conflict -- Resolution -- The two worlds of budgeting -- 2. The evolution of federal budgeting -- Legislative dominance : 1789-1921 -- Presidential dominance : 1921-74 -- Congress versus the president : 1974-2000 -- How the budget was balanced and unbalanced -- Is self-correction enough? -- Balanced budget amendment -- Conclusion -- 3. The budget's shifting boundaries -- Receipts, budgetary resources, and outlays -- Scope of the budget -- Measuring the budget -- Conclusion -- 4. The political rules and arithmetic of budgeting -- Overview of the annual budget cycle -- Discretionary and direct spending -- The politics of budgetary arithmetic -- Baseline projections -- Economic arithmetic -- The politics of scoring -- When politics meets economics -- Conclusion -- 5. The president's budget -- Presidential roles and styles -- Changes in presidential budgeting -- Formulating the president's budget -- The Office of Management and Budget -- Information in the president's budget -- The president's budget in congress -- The veto power -- Conclusion -- "Updates and expands the assessment of the long-term budgetary outlook, addressing such issues as the collapse of the congressional budgetary process and the threat posed by the termination of discretionary spending caps. Concludes with a look at how the nation's deficit will affect America now and in the future"--Provided by publisher. |