Budget Overview: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, Second Session : Special Hearings, Budget of the U.S. Government |
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... legislative cuts that have been negotiated between the administration and the Congress , if they could not come up with the same numbers , rather than just ar- bitrary , across - the - board cuts ? Mr. MILLER . If I could write what ...
... legislative cuts that have been negotiated between the administration and the Congress , if they could not come up with the same numbers , rather than just ar- bitrary , across - the - board cuts ? Mr. MILLER . If I could write what ...
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... legislation will be submitted to ensure that reduced rates can be continued . The fiscal year 1986 budget submission was precisely the same . We never did see any legislation . Do we have a time table on delivery of the legislation this ...
... legislation will be submitted to ensure that reduced rates can be continued . The fiscal year 1986 budget submission was precisely the same . We never did see any legislation . Do we have a time table on delivery of the legislation this ...
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... legislation to the Congress which would relieve this obligation limit on a pro - rated monthly basis , thus ensuring the continued normal functioning of the military personnel accounts during Congressional deliberations on retirement ...
... legislation to the Congress which would relieve this obligation limit on a pro - rated monthly basis , thus ensuring the continued normal functioning of the military personnel accounts during Congressional deliberations on retirement ...
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... LEGISLATION WHEN THE GAO REPORTED LAST FALL THAT " EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO AFDC WORK PROGRAMS " ? The President's Work Opportunities Initiative builds on lessons learned since 1981 ...
... LEGISLATION WHEN THE GAO REPORTED LAST FALL THAT " EVIDENCE IS INSUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED CHANGES TO AFDC WORK PROGRAMS " ? The President's Work Opportunities Initiative builds on lessons learned since 1981 ...
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... legislation said at the time it was introduced . The point of the automatic , arbitrary cuts is to threaten everyone's favorite program , to force Congress to come up with a better way of reducing the deficit . Yet , in fiscal year 1986 ...
... legislation said at the time it was introduced . The point of the automatic , arbitrary cuts is to threaten everyone's favorite program , to force Congress to come up with a better way of reducing the deficit . Yet , in fiscal year 1986 ...
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Page 147 - ... involved here demand a careful weighing of cost, environmental, and energy considerations. They also have broad implications for national economic policy. Our form of government simply could not function effectively or rationally if key executive policymakers were isolated from each other and from the Chief Executive. Single mission agencies do not always have the answers to complex regulatory problems. An overworked administrator exposed on a 24-hour basis to a dedicated but zealous staff needs...
Page 19 - Disposable family income is at an all-time high; production and productivity are increasing; and employment gains have been extraordinary. Inflation, which raged at double-digit rates just five years ago, has been reduced dramatically. During the past three years, real GNP has grown at more than double the annual rate of the last three years of the previous Administration. The prime rate of interest and other key interest rates are less than half what they were five years ago. Also, during the past...
Page 147 - Presidential authority is clear since it has never been considered an "independent agency" but always part of the Executive Branch. The authority of the President to control and supervise executive policymaking is derived from the Constitution; the desirability of such control is demonstrable from the practical realities of administrative rulemaking. Regulations such as those involved here demand a careful weighing of cost, environmental, and energy considerations. They also have broad implications...
Page 177 - One-third of the committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of transacting business other than reporting.
Page 137 - ... (A) the deduction allowable for the taxable year for depreciation or amortization, exceeds (B) the deduction which would have been allowable for the taxable year had the taxpayer depreciated the property under the straight-line method for each taxable year of its useful life for which the taxpayer has held the property.
Page 28 - December 1, 1986, an evaluation of programs and a strategy for immediate action to meet the financial, educational, social, and safety concerns of poor families.
Page 20 - ... result that would be in no one's interest. We simply cannot let this happen. Therefore, the President's budget has as its major objective getting the deficit under control and achieving a balanced budget by FY 1991. In so doing, this budget meets or exceeds the deficit reduction targets set out in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, commonly known as Gramm-Rudman-Hollings. Last fall, there developed a bipartisan consensus to do something about the deficit. This consensus, which...
Page 11 - We have a copy of your statement here, which will be made a part of the record in full and you may proceed in any way you wish.
Page 150 - ... shall contain standards which reflect the greatest degree of emission reduction achievable through the application of technology which the Administrator determines will be available for the model year to which such standards apply, giving appropriate consideration to the cost of applying such technology within the period of time available to manufacturers and to noise, energy, and safety factors associated with the application of such technology.
Page 21 - Despite the very tight fiscal environment, this budget provides funds for maintaining — and in some cases expanding — high priority programs in crucial areas of national interest. Necessary services and income support for the dependent poor and the elderly receive significant funding in this budget. So do other programs of national interest, including drug enforcement, AIDS research, the space program, nonmilitary research, and national security.