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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Charles S Konigsberg |
| ISBN: | 143436013X 9781434360137 9781434360120 1434360121 |
| OCLC Number: | 1154508910 |
| Description: | xvi, 431 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
| Contents: | I. Introduction : America's priorities -- II. Unlocking the mysteries of the federal budget process -- 2-1. Preparation of the President's budget -- 2-2. The congressional budget process -- 2-3. Implementation of spending laws -- 2-4. Budget enforcement -- 2-5. The government as banker : federal credit reform -- 2-6. The Federal Unfunded Mandates Reform Act -- 2-7. Performance-based budgeting -- 2-8. Budget process reform proposals -- 2-9. Key budget concepts -- III. Spending : how America spends $3 trillion per year -- 3-1. Defense and intelligence spending : from "peace dividend" in the 1990s to rapid growth since 2000 -- 3-2. Department of Homeland Security -- 3-3. Veterans benefits -- 3-4. Social Security : is it stable or facing collapse -- 3-5. Interest payments, the fourth-largest federal "program" -- 3-6. Health care : the nation's greatest fiscal challenge -- Medicare -- Medicaid -- Public support of teaching hospitals -- State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) -- U.S. public health service agencies : Surgeon General and the Commissioned Corps -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality -- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -- Food and Drug Administration -- HRSA : community health, HIV/AIDS, MCH, NHSC -- Indian Health Service -- National Institutes of Health -- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin. -- Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority -- 3-7. Education and children's programs -- Head Start -- Child care -- Child Nutrition and Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) -- Child welfare -- Elementary and secondary education -- No Child Left Behind -- Special Education and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act -- Higher education 3-8. Helping people in need -- Earned income tax credit -- Supplemental security income for the aged, blind and disabled -- The Food Stamp Program -- "Welfare, " temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) -- Housing assistance -- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) -- Unemployment compensation -- 3-9. Transportation programs -- Federal-aid highway program (highways and bridges) -- Public transportation -- Financing air traffic control and airport improvements -- Amtrak -- Transportation safety -- 3-10. Law enforcement and administration of justice -- FBI -- DEA, ATF, and U.S. Marshals service -- Federal prison system -- U.S. attorneys and DOJ legal activities -- Justice programs : grants for state and local law enforcement -- 3-11. Environment, energy, and natural resources -- Environmental Protection Agency -- Energy programs -- Expenditures on basic science, research and development -- Natural resources : stewardship of public lands, waterways, and wildlife -- 3-12. Farm programs -- Commodity programs -- Conservation programs -- Crop insurance and emergency assistance -- Agricultural research and education -- Marketing and regulatory programs -- Farm credit -- 3-13. International affairs -- Economic development aid -- Humanitarian aid -- Military aid and security assistance -- Counter-narcotics and law enforcement -- State Department and conduct of foreign affairs -- Contributions to the United Nations and other international orgs IV. Revenues : how America raises $3 trillion per year -- Overview of the U.S. taxes -- Individual income taxes -- Alternative minimum tax -- Payroll taxes : Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance -- Corporate income taxes -- Estate and gift taxes -- Excise taxes, duties, and misc. receipts -- The "tax gap" -- How do U.S. taxes compare to other countries? -- Tax fairness, reform, and distribution of the tax burden -- V. Tax expenditures : spending on the revenue side -- Significant tax expenditures -- VI. In the wink of an eye : from deficits to surpluses and back to deficits -- A brief history of deficits and surpluses -- The triple-digit deficits of the 1980s -- The budget agreements of the 1990s lead to surpluses -- Current decade : exploding deficits lead to massive debt -- Causes of the deficit/debt explosion -- Top officials agree U.S. is on a dangerous fiscal path -- Do deficits matters? -- VII. Non-partisan principles to secure our nation's future -- Appendices -- A. Budget process timetable -- B. Budget points of order in the Senate and House -- C. Major laws governing the federal budget process -- D. Statutory definition of "entitlement" -- E. Revenue bills and the origination clause -- F. Historical table, budget resolutions -- G. Example of budget resolution totals -- H. Example of budget reconciliation instruction -- I. Example of budget resolution reserve funds -- J. Example of budget resolution 302(a) committee allocations -- K. Example of appropriations 302(b) sub-allocations -- L. Explanation of the Senate's Byrd Rule -- M. Historical table, reconciliation bills -- N. Historical table, completion of appropriations bills -- O. Appropriations, rules governing floor consideration and conference -- P. 2004 PART questionnaire -- Q. 2007 federal poverty level. |
| Responsibility: | Charles S. Konigsberg. |
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