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handle is hein.amenin/aeiabwt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Reconciliation and the CongressionaI Budget Process ALLEN SCHICK When the reductions in the federal budget proposed by President Reagan were approved by the Congress in the first budget reso- lution for fiscal 1982, Congress set into motion the process of reconciliation. This procedure, which had been used only once before, in 1980, allows Congress to consider the president's rec- ommendations in a single bill, with clearly established deadlines, rather than piecemeal at its usual unhurried pace. The author argues that reconciliation could produce far- reaching changes in federal budgeting, in legislative-executive relations, and in congressional behavior. It could give prominence and leverage to the Budget Committees at the expense of other committees; it could diminish the traditional differences between the House and the Senate, as well as between the Appropriations and the authorizations committees; and it could restore power and purpose to party leaders in the House and Senate. Because Congress thrives on heterogeneity and fragmentation, however, it is the author's view that expanded reconciliation will not be a budget process for all legislative seasons. Allen Schick is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland and an adjunct scholar at the Ameri- can Enterprise Institute. He served as one of the framers of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, participated in its early implementation, and has written extensively on the congressional budget process. US $12.00 ISBN-13: 978-0 8447-3471-2 ISBN 10 0 8447-3471-3 5 12100 9 80844 73472

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