Spending and Taxes: The Process

Parliamentary eloquence: this morning in the House

Fiscal policy background

• Constitutional provisions
• A brief statutory history
• Congressional Budget Office
• Budget documents

Budget process

• Terms
• Overview and flowchart (yes, via that WikiLeaks)
• The Byrd Rule

Taxes

• Form 1040
• Tax Rate Schedules and Official Tables
• Complexity: Form 1040 instructions
• Deductions, exemptions, and credits
• Lawmakers do not fill out their own returns