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30 Cards in this Set
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The second law passed by the 112th congress would like ____________.
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PL112-2
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Three manners in which legislation can originate___________, __________ and ___________.
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Recommendation of President, Introduced by members, and Introduced by committee
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Example of the flow of a bill.
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HAC/SAC, subcommittees Hearings, Bill/Report, Floor (gets amendments), Conference, Floor, President Signs, Becomes law
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The main job of the conference committees is to ______________.
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Resolve Differences between the House and the Senate Bill
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The third chamber is another name for the _____________ due to the _________ they hold.
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Conference Committee, power
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The Conference Committees can not include new items that were not in either the House or Senate Bills. TRUE or FALSE
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FALSE
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A bills final step is called ____________ when it is sent to the President for ____________.
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Enrolled, signature
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USC has ___ titles - ______ is Armed Forces and _____ is Money and Finance.
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51, 10 USC, 31 USC
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During Conference the Senate gets ____ vote and the House gets ____ vote, but they can have ___________.
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1, 1, as many members as they want
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The president has ____ days after a bill is presented to him to act. (_______ are excluded)
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10, Sundays
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The __________________ action results from the president signing the bill and therefore it becoming law.
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Approval and Signature
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If president does not desire to approve a bill, but is unwilling to veto it, he may return it and _____________.
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Does not sign but allows bill to become law
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In this action the congress is adjourned and the president does not sign the bill within 10 days.
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Pocket Veto
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If president returns bill to house without signing it along with a letter of objections it is this action.
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Veto
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Four steps in the Federal Budget Process.
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Budget Formation, Congressional Action, Budget Execution and Review and Audit (continuous)
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The Federal budget is the __________ budget
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Presidents
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The Budget is due to congress by the _____________.
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First Monday in February
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The Budget Formulation process is governed by ____________.
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OMB Circular A-11
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The formulation stage begins as early as _____ months prior to the fiscal year.
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OMB Circular A-11
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The formulation stage begins as early as _____ months proper to the fiscal year.
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The Six steps to Budget Formulation are ...
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OMB issues guidance, Organization develops draft, Agency submits budget estimate to OMB, OMB reviews, President takes action, president sends to congress
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The DoD uses the _______________________ to formulate its budget
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Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution process (PPBE)
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When agencies submit their budget to OSD and OSD and OMB sit down to reconcile this is called ____________.
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Fall Review
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Results of OMB review provided to agencies in a letter is called _______________.
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OMB Pass back
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_________ of the Budget is Mandatory spending while ________ is ___________ spending
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64%, 36% is discretionary
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Social Security, Food Stamps, VA are all ____________ spending, while appropriations are ___________ spending
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Mandatory, Discretionary
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There are _______ annual appropriations which makes up approximately _________ (fraction) of the budget.
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12, 1/3
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Congressional action phase is made up of _____________, _____________ and _______________.
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Budget Resolution Process, Authorization Process, and Appropriation Process
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Appropriation gives ___________________________.
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Budget Authority
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BY ____________ subcommittees owe their views on ____________________________.
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March 15, Budget Outlays, Budget Authority, Public Debt, Surplus or Deficit, and Federal Revenue
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