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The Federal Budget Debacle
Author(s) -
Pontius Fred
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.2008.tb09763.x
Subject(s) - federal budget , budget process , shutdown , ideology , government (linguistics) , politics , federal election , political science , public administration , business , law , fiscal year , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , nuclear engineering
The federal budget picture is so complicated that only a few members of Congress understand it. Disputes over the federal budget and spending are an annual event. Political posturing and ideological disagreements in an election year typically result in a budget impass and the possibility of a government shutdown. This article examines the federal budget process and the forces driving it.