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Jun 21, 2019

What Are Discretionary Spending Caps?

There is one cap for national defense and another cap for non-defense programs.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter/what-are-discretionary-spending-caps

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May 7, 2019

What Are Federal Trust Funds?

Federal trust funds bear little resemblance to their private-sector counterparts.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/budget-explainer-what-are-federal-trust-funds

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Jun 26, 2018

What is PAYGO?

PAYGO is a budget enforcement mechanism intended to prevent passage of legislation that increases deficits.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter/what-is-paygo

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Jun 7, 2018

10 Largest Budget Functions

Here are the top ten spending categories for the federal budget.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/top-10-largest-budget-functions

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Jul 20, 2017

What is the Budget Window?

While a 10-year window is currently the standard, the number of years covered by budget resolutions has varied.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter/what-is-the-budget-window

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Jul 20, 2017

What is Budget Reconciliation?

Reconciliation is a powerful process, whereby legislation drafted to meet those instructions has an easier path to passage.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter/what-is-budget-reconciliation

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Jul 20, 2017

What is Sequestration?

Sequestration was designed to be a blunt instrument, whose arbitrary effects would be so undesirable that they would compel policymakers to reach compromise on budget legislation rather than allow the cuts to go into effect.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter/what-is-sequestration

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Jul 20, 2017

What is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)?

CBO plays a vitally important role in the federal budget process.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/understanding-complex-budget-terms-and-processes-and-why-they-matter/what-is-the-congressional-budget-office-cbo

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Apr 26, 2016

Projects: Fiscal Ship

The Fiscal Ship challenges you to put the federal budget on a sustainable course.


https://www.pgpf.org/what-we-are-doing/projects/fiscal-ship

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Feb 24, 2015

The Independent and Effective Congressional Budget Office

CBO was formally established as a nonpartisan agency, and that has been a critical and enduring part of the office's effectiveness.


https://www.pgpf.org/budget-basics/40-years-and-counting-the-independent-and-effective-congressional-budget-office