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Budget Process: Evolution and Challenges

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 11, 1996
Report No. T-AIMD-96-129
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Summary:

Everyone involved in the budget process shares some frustration with it. The public finds the process confusing. Executive branch agencies complain that it is burdensome and time-consuming. Members of Congress say that it is too lengthy, with its many votes on authorizations, the budget resolution, reconciliation, appropriations, and the debt limit. And, too often, the results are not what was expected or hoped for. This testimony discusses how the budget process evolved into what it is today and the challenges Congress faces in the near term. GAO also discusses some broad objectives and policy criteria that could be used to analyze the design of or changes to any budget process.

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