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The federal budget [electronic resource] : politics, policy, process / by Allen Schick.

By: Schick, Allen.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xii, 345 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Budget -- United States | Budget process -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 352.4/80973 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Conflict and resolution in federal budgeting -- The evolution of federal budgeting -- The budget's shifting boundaries -- The political rules and arithmetic of budgeting -- The president's budget -- The congressional budget process -- Revenue legislation -- Authorizing legislation -- The appropriations process -- Managing federal expenditures -- Budgeting for the long term -- Federal budget-related websites -- Glossary -- Index.
Summary: "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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Conflict and resolution in federal budgeting -- The evolution of federal budgeting -- The budget's shifting boundaries -- The political rules and arithmetic of budgeting -- The president's budget -- The congressional budget process -- Revenue legislation -- Authorizing legislation -- The appropriations process -- Managing federal expenditures -- Budgeting for the long term -- Federal budget-related websites -- Glossary -- Index.

"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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.