Report Outline
Budget and Appropriations
Rise of the Modern Budget System
Appropriation Bills in Congress
Budget and Appropriations
Republican Gains and the Power of the Purse
The first month of the 1943 session of Congress was marked by the emergence of a persistent demand, among members of both parties in both houses, for a stricter control of government spending, and for renewed employment of the “power of the purse” as a cheek upon government policies.
The new assertiveness of the Legislative Branch, in this as in other fields, is generally attributed to the restoration, by the 1942 congressional elections, of a closer balance of party strength in Congress than has existed at any time since President Roosevelt's first inauguration in 1933. The President's party holds an overall majority of 18 in the Senate, but a majority of only 9 in the House—and the majorities in each chamber contain substantial blocs of occasional or potential dissenters from administration policies.
The narrow margin of Democratic control in the lower chamber is of particular importance in connection with money bills, for the Constitution provides, in Article I, Section 7, that: “All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives.” Appropriation bills have been regarded by the House, since the first meeting of the First Congress under the Constitution of 1789, as coming within the term “bills for raising revenue.” The lower chamber has enforced its prerogative of originating such measures by consistently refusing to approve any bill granting an appropriation which has been first passed in the Senate. |
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Federal Budget and National Debt |
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Sep. 01, 2017 |
National Debt |
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Jul. 12, 2013 |
Government Spending |
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May 15, 2012 |
State Capitalism |
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Mar. 18, 2011 |
National Debt |
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Nov. 14, 2008 |
The National Debt |
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Dec. 09, 2005 |
Budget Deficit |
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Apr. 13, 2001 |
Budget Surplus |
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Feb. 01, 1991 |
Recession's Regional Impact |
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Jan. 20, 1984 |
Federal Budget Deficit |
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Sep. 09, 1977 |
Federal Reorganization and Budget Reform |
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Nov. 24, 1972 |
Limits on Federal Spending |
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Jan. 08, 1969 |
Federal Budget Making |
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Dec. 06, 1967 |
National Debt Management |
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Aug. 01, 1962 |
Fiscal and Budget Policy |
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Nov. 27, 1957 |
National Debt Limit |
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Mar. 20, 1957 |
Spending Controls |
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Dec. 24, 1953 |
Public Debt Limit |
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Feb. 13, 1952 |
Tax and Debt Limitation |
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Nov. 30, 1949 |
Government Spending |
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Jan. 06, 1948 |
Legislative Budget-Making |
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May 23, 1944 |
The National Debt |
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Feb. 01, 1943 |
The Executive Budget and Appropriations by Congress |
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Dec. 27, 1939 |
Revision of the Federal Budget System |
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Oct. 10, 1938 |
The Outstanding Government Debt |
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Nov. 20, 1937 |
Budget Balancing vs. Pump Priming |
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May 02, 1936 |
The Deficit and the Public Debt |
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Oct. 19, 1934 |
The Federal Budget and the Public Debt |
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Feb. 10, 1933 |
Extraordinary Budgeting of Federal Finances |
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Dec. 01, 1932 |
Reduction of Federal Expenditures |
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Dec. 01, 1930 |
The National Budget System |
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Oct. 02, 1930 |
Federal Revenues and Expenditures |
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Nov. 02, 1927 |
The Public Debt and Foreign Loans |
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Nov. 15, 1926 |
Rising Cost of Government in the United States |
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Feb. 05, 1925 |
Four Years Under the Budget System |
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