Social Security and veterans' pensions, which provide benefits to which individuals have a legal right and which cannot be reduced without changing the law, are also referred to as
A) retroactive programs.
B) discretionary spending.
C) controllable spending.
D) earmarks.
E) entitlements.
The text suggests that no one in Congress is responsible for the budget as a whole because
A) one group in each house plans for revenues, and many other groups plan for spending.
B) the executive branch dominates the process at every point.
C) committee chairpersons make the critical decisions in secret.
D) the election cycle creates too much turnover in membership.
E) informal norms prevent members from revealing the sources of key decisions.
The role of appropriations committees is to
A) monitor overall spending.
B) oversee implementation of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act.
C) authorize spending in particular legislative areas.
D) offer a comprehensive budget review process.
E) decide which programs will be funded.
The House Armed Services Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee are __________ committees that review portions of the budget that pertain to their area of responsibility.
A) authorization
B) appropriations
C) tax
D) select
E) joint
The __________ supervises the development of the president's budget.
A) Council of Economic Advisers
B) comptroller general
C) Federal Reserve Board
D) Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
E) Budget Control Board
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