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- 1. small changes in policy over long periods of time
- 6. guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federall-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers, etc.
- 8. advises Congress on the consequences of its decisions about the budget, and forecasts potential revenue
- 10. revenue losses that come from special exemptions/deductions on federal tax law
- 13. An act of Congress that actually funds programs within limits established by authorization bills. Appropriations usually cover one year.
- 14. budget programs set by law that may not be altered
- 15. an aestimate of revenue and expenditure for a set period of time
- 16. expenditures that are determined by how many eligible beneficiaries there are for a program or by previous obligations of the government
- 18. the total amount of money that a country's gov't. has borrowed
- 19. tax paid to the state, federal, and local governments based on income earned over the past year
- 20. the financial resources of the government primarily coming from taxes and borrowing
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- 2. a federal program of health insurance for people over 65
- 3. the house of representatives committee that writes tax codes
- 4. allows the federal government to collect income tax
- 5. When Congress cannot reach agreement and pass appropriations bills, these resolutions allow agencies to spend at the level of the previous year.
- 7. a resolution binding congress to a total expenditure level (a debt ceiling)
- 9. an excess of federal expenditures over federal revenues
- 11. the senate committee that writes tax codes
- 12. An act of Congress that establishes, continues, or changes a discretionary government program or an entitlement. It specifies program goals and maximum expenditures for discretionary programs.
- 17. government spending