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- Impoundment Control Act: Rescissions and Deferrals
- Major Budget Laws and Constitutional Authorities
- President’s Budget: Recent Developments and Links to Budgets Back to 1996
- Budget Resolutions and Deeming Resolutions
- Budget Reconciliation Bills Since the 1974 Budget Act
- Sequestration Reports: Deficit Caps, Spending Caps, PAYGO, Mandatory Sequester Through 2031
- Federal Credit Programs
- Budget Points of Order
- Glossary of Terms Used in the Budget Process