The Guide to the Federal Budget

Stanley E. Collender

doi:10.5771/9781461732273

Summary

Rowman & Littlefield is proud to publish the 17th edition of what is now considered to be the most useful reference book available on the federal budget. In The Guide to the Federal Budget, Fiscal 1998, Stanley E. Collender, among a handful of people who have worked for both the House and Senate budget committees, analyzes the extensive debates surrounding the fiscal 1997 budget and explains in detail such 1998 budget challenges as the line item veto, entitlement spending, and the persistent politics of divided government. An indispensable guide for policy analysts, The Guide to the Federal Government, Fiscal 1998 is written at a level accessible to general readers and includes illuminating appendices, a revised and updated glossary of key terms, and a thorough index. With a concluding chapter entitled "How to Read and Use the Federal Budget," and a new chapter on the line item veto, this book will be particularly useful for courses in Budget Politics and Analysis and Public Policy.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1997
ISBN-Print: 978-0-8476-8403-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4617-3227-3
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 225
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
3. About the Author No access
1. Authorization Versus Appropriation No access
2. Budget Authority Versus Outlays No access
3. Controllable Versus Uncontrollable Spending and Discretionary Versus Mandatory Spending No access
4. Economic Assumptions No access
5. Budget Function No access
6. Sequesters Versus Impoundments No access
7. Baselines No access
8. On-Budget Versus Off-Budget No access
9. Deficit Versus Debt No access
10. Balanced Budget Versus Balanced Budget Amendment No access
1. Basic Provisions of the Budget Enforcement Act No access
2. The Politics of the Budget Enforcement Act No access
3. 1. Stage 1: The President's Budget—January 6 to March 17, 1997 No access
  2. Stage 2: Congressional Budget Resolution and Reconciliation—March 17 to June 15, 1997 No access
  3. Stage 3: Authorizations and Appropriations—April 15 to September 30, 1997 No access
  4. Stage 4: Sequestration—August 10, 1997, until 15 Days after Congress Adjourns No access
4. Impoundments No access
5. Line Item Veto No access
3: Stage One: The President's Budget No access Pages 43 - 50
1. Congressional Budget Resolution No access
2. Reconciliation No access
5: Stage Three: Authorizations and Appropriations No access Pages 65 - 76
1. 1. 1: Discretionary Spending No access
  2. 2: Pay-As-You-Go No access
  3. 3: Excess-Deficit No access
7: Impoundments No access Pages 89 - 94
1. What is a "Line Item"? No access
2. The Line Item Veto Process No access
3. Questions and (Hopefully) Answers No access
9: How to Read and use the Federal Budget No access Pages 109 - 128
1. A: Concurrent Resolution on the Budget, Fiscal Year 1997 No access
2. B: Views and Estimates Reports of the House Committees on International Relations and Ways and Means No access
3. C: Budget Projections and Economic Assumptions No access
4. D: Functional Categories of the Federal Budget No access
5. E: President Clinton's Deferral and Rescission Message No access
Glossary No access Pages 203 - 216
Index No access Pages 217 - 225