The federal budget : politics, policy, process / by Allen Schick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schick, Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Budget--United States.

Budget.

Budget process--United States.

Budget process.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (362 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

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.

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.

Notes:

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786611029692

9781281029690

1281029696

9780815777328

0815777329

OCLC:

818852055