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Class Four -- Monday, January 8th, 2018
[Note: This assignment was originally scheduled for Friday, January 5th.]
In today's class, we will continue our discussion of Congressional budgeting procedures, focusing on various techniques that have been introduced over the years to facilitate budgeting in the face of political constraints.
Please read over quickly the four briefing papers posted below and consider how the topics covered in these papers related to the congressional budget procedures that were presented in the Dauster chapter and that we have been discussing this week.
Team Assignments: Four team (A, B, E & H) will be responsible for reviewing in detail one particular briefing paper. Each team should be prepared to explain the topic to the class and offer its assessment as to whether the practice in question enhances or detracts from the federal budget process. Teams A: Reconciliation; Team B: Continuing Resolutions; Team E: Earmarks; and Team H: Appropriations Riders.
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