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Federal Budget Rules: How the Basics Apply to Low-Income Programs (Policy Briefs/ANF:Issues and Options for States)
Shirley L. Ruhe

This brief discusses how the 1974 budget rules established a new system of budget decisionmaking that also made federal policymaking more complex. These budget rules shifted the debate on social programs from policy considerations to budget questions. This emphasis on budget often makes it difficult to implement desirable policy reforms.

Posted to Web: January 01, 1999Publication Date: January 01, 1999

 

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