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Citizen's Guide to the Federal Budget: Fiscal Year 2001

Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader

1. What Is the Budget?

2. Where the Money Comes From -- and Where It Goes

• Revenues
• Spending
• "On" and "Off" Budget

3. How Does the Government Create a Budget?

• The President's Budget
• The Budget Process
• Action in Congress
• Monitoring the Budget

4. The Budget Surplus and Fiscal Discipline

• Why a Budget Surplus is Important
• Surplus and Debt
• Returning the Budget to Surplus

5. The President's 2001 Budget

• Investing in Our Future
• Improving Performance Through Better Management

Glossary

List of Charts and Tables

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Last updated: January 24, 2008
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