For Thu, read LaPira, ch 11 plus short articles on voting rights and "the nuclear option."
Constitutional Provisions
All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.”
— U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 7, clause 1
To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years;
-- U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 8, clause 12
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.”
— U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 9, clause 7
What follows would baffle a Martian.
Authorization
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.”
— U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 9, clause 7
What follows would baffle a Martian.
Authorization
- Reauthorization as a form of oversight (LaPira, ch. 12)
- Lapsed authorizations:
Appropriation
- Also a form of oversight -- with diminished capacity (LaPira ch. 9)
- Budget Authority
- Outlay
- Continuing resolutions
Revenue Bills and RECONCILIATION (Davidson 429-430)
Revenues -- Where the money comes from:
The tax system is more progressive than most people realize:
Tax expenditures
Outlays -- Where the money goes:
Budget tables: function, subfunction, agency
No, we cannot balance the budget by catching Social Security fraud: only 13 people aged 112 or older are getting checks.
Deficit
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