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Across-the-Board Spending Cuts in End-of Session Appropriations Acts

Description: This report examines the use of across-the-board spending cuts in the end-of-session appropriations acts for FY2000-FY2006 identified above, assessing the budgetary context leading to the spending cut, recounting the legislative action on the spending cut provision, and reviewing the provision’s design and implementation.
Date: December 13, 2007
Creator: Keith, Robert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Budget Reconciliation Legislation in 2005

Description: The budget reconciliation process is a two-step process involving the inclusion of reconciliation instructions in the budget resolution, which direct committees to develop legislation achieving the desired budgetary outcomes, and the subsequent consideration of the resultant reconciliation legislation under expedited procedures.
Date: December 21, 2005
Creator: Keith, Robert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2008: Brief Overview

Description: The Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2008 was the measure used by Congress and the President to wrap up action on the regular appropriations acts in late 2007, at the end of the first session of the 110th Congress. This report provides a brief overview of the measure, including a discussion of the context for legislative action, the legislative history of the bill, a summary of its structure and content, and information on the use of across-the-board spending cuts to offset part of its cos… more
Date: December 28, 2007
Creator: Keith, Robert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pay-As-You-Go Procedures for Budget Enforcement

Description: “Pay-as-you-go” (PAYGO) procedures play an important role in enforcing budget policies with respect to the consideration of revenue and direct spending legislation. Generally, the purpose of PAYGO procedures is to discourage or prevent the enactment of legislation that would cause, or increase, a deficit or reduce a surplus.
Date: December 31, 2007
Creator: Keith, Robert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Revenue Reconciliation Directives to the Senate Finance Committee in Congressional Budget Resolutions

Description: This report discusses the revenue reconciliation directives that varied in their time frame, from single-year coverage (in the FY1976, FY1981, and FY1990 budget resolutions) to 11-year coverage (in the FY2002 and FY2004 budget resolutions)
Date: December 28, 2006
Creator: Keith, Robert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Revenue Reconciliation Directives to the Senate Finance Committee in Congressional Budget Resolutions

Description: During the 30 years that the congressional budget process has been in effect, the Senate Finance Committee has been subject to revenue reconciliation directives in a budget resolution on 17 occasions. Eight instances involved directives to reduce revenues, while the remaining nine instructed the committee to increase revenues. In all but three of the 17 instances, revenue reconciliation directives to the committee were accompanied by spending reconciliation directives.
Date: December 3, 2004
Creator: Keith, Robert
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Consideration of Budgetary Legislation During Presidential Transition Years: A Brief Overview

Description: This report examines the timing of presidential budget submissions during the past five transition years, including submissions by Presidents Jimmy Carter in 1977, Ronald Reagan in 1981, George H.W. Bush in 1989, Bill Clinton in 1993, and George W Bush in 2001 and the timeliness of House and Senate actions in those years regarding the consideration of Budgetary measures.
Date: December 24, 2008
Creator: Keith, Robert & Momoko, Soltis
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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