TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ehman,Ashley M.
TI  - Passing a budget
T2  - How government works
SN  - 9781502641380
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cavendish Square
KW  - Budget
KW  - United States
KW  - Juvenile literature
KW  - Appropriations and expenditures
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Illustrated works
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is budgeting? -- Who determines the budget? -- Budgeting in action -- What happens next?
N2  - Every year, Congress is supposed to pass a budget, balancing military spending with domestic needs like infrastructure, Social Security, and education. This book meets objectives in the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards and describes the steps of the budgeting process in reader-friendly terms. It considers the groups behind passing a budget, including the Office of Management and Budget, the Congressional Budget Office, and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The book also explores the reconciliation process, the national debt, and how the different branches of the government intersect while setting economic policy. This volume also considers up-to-date instances of budget items and the consequences of budgets failing to pass, particularly the government shutdowns of 2013 and 2018
ER  -