
5 Things You Need to Know About the Federal Budget Process
Pantsuit Politics
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The Three Shortcuts to the Debt Ceiling
A third of the federal budget is discretionary. The debt ceiling has been raised more than 140 times, including a dozen times since 2000. Sequestration means automatic across-the-board spending cuts that are in place if Congress can't get its work done.
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