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21Deficit — A deficit is the amount by which a sum falls short of some reference amount. In economics, a deficit is a shortfall in revenue; in more specific cases it may refer to: Government budget deficit Deficit spending Primary deficit, the pure deficit… …
22Deficit Hawk — Slang for someone who wants the government to keep the federal budget under control. Deficit hawks espouse some combination of increased taxes and decreased government spending to reduce the deficit. They believe that unsustainable federal… …
23budget deficit — amount by which spending exceeds income (resulting in a negative balance) …
24government budget — Forecast of governmental expenditures and revenues for the ensuing fiscal year. In modern industrial economies, the budget is the key instrument for the execution of government economic policies. Because government budgets may promote or retard… …
25Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act — ) (both often known as Gramm Rudman) were, according to U.S. Senator Phil Gramm of Texas, the first binding constraint imposed on federal spending, and its spending caps have become part of every subsequent U.S. budget. Together with a rapidly… …
26Military budget of the United States — Part of a series of articles on Unit …
27Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 — Budget Control Act Full title An Act to establish a new congressional budget process; to establish Committees on the Budget in each House; to establish a Congressional Budget Office; to establish a procedure providing congressional control over… …
28United States federal budget — The Budget of the United States Government is a federal document that the President submits to the U.S. Congress. The President s budget submission outlines funding recommendations for the next fiscal year, which begins on October 1st.… …
29Government budget deficit — This article is about government budget deficits. For trade deficits, see Balance of trade. For balance of payments deficits, see Balance of payments. Part of a series on Government Public finance …
30Balanced Budget Amendment — The Balanced Budget Amendment is any one of various proposed amendments to the United States Constitution which would require a balance in the projected revenues and expenditures of the United States government. Most such proposals contain a… …
