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Budget

2006 Activity

March 2006
President May Have Known of Constitutional Defect Before Bill Signing
Rep. Waxman has written to the President to advise him that leading legal scholars believe the Budget Reconciliation Act may not be valid because the version signed into law differed from the version that passed the House of Representatives. Rep. Waxman has joined other members of the House Committee on Government Reform to introduce a Resolution of Inquiry directing the President to submit to Congress all documents relating to the issue.
Information on the Resolution of Inquiry

March 9, 2006
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released an issues packet on the President's FY 2007 budget that compiles the 16 Budget Fact Sheets that the Leader's Office has published. President Bush's budget demonstrates the current Administration's misguided priorities and continued efforts to put special interest groups ahead of America's families.
Issue Packet

February 6, 2006
President Bush released his Fiscal Year 2007 budget proposal on February 6, 2006. House Budget Committee Democrats provide an analysis of the record deficits that would occur under the President’s proposal and the wrong choices it makes.
Analysis

California Analysis of Bush Administration's K-12 Education Funding Cuts
Over the next five years, California schools would lose $1.9 billion in federal education dollars for K-12 and vocational education programs under the Administration's budget.

View information about the FY2007 budget (courtesy of the House Budget Committee's Democratic Staff).

View the text of the FY2007 budget (courtesy of the Government Printing Office).

View a report from the House Budget Committee on the House Republican Budget Resolution: Harsh Spending Cuts and Large Deficits.

General Information

View information about the budget in previous fiscal years (courtesy of the House Budget Committee's Democratic Staff).

View the text of the FY2007 budget and previous budgets (courtesy of the Government Printing Office).

Citizens Guide to the Federal Budget (courtesy of the Government Printing Office).

CRS Reports
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) is part of the legislative branch of the federal government. CRS, which is a department of the Library of Congress, works exclusively as a nonpartisan analytical, research, and reference arm for Congress. The CRS mission is to support an informed national legislature.
The Federal Budget Deficit: A Discussion of Recent Trends
The Congressional Budget Process: A Brief Overview