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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784492103321

Autore

Schick Allen

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-02969-6

9786611029692

0-8157-7732-9

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Disciplina

352.4/80973

Soggetti

Budget - United States

Budget process - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from e-book title screen (viewed December 15, 2007).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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.