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

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Schick, Allen.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xii, 345 p. :; ill.

"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.

Table of 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.