United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Accounting and Information Management Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-07-13 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:T-AIMD-95-214 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-95-214 P0b002ee18038889d f:tai95214 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-95-214 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-95-214 T-AIMD-95-214 Congressional budgets Budget deficit Deficit reduction Budget administration Macroeconomic analysis Balanced budgets Fiscal policies Presidential budgets Budgeting Future budget projections Social Security Program Medicare Program Testimony AIMD Nearly everyone involved in the government's budget process shares some frustration with it. The public finds it confusing. Government agencies find it burdensome and time-consuming. Members of Congress say it seems too lengthy with its many votes on authorizations, the debt resolution, reconciliation, appropriations, and the debt limit. And, too often, the results are not what was expected or hoped for. This testimony examines some of the border questions and issues involved in the budget process. GAO discusses the objectives of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which of these objectives are relevant in today's fiscal environment, and whether the budget process should be redesigned. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-95-214/html/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-95-214.htm GAO/T-AIMD-95-214 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-T-AIMD-95-214 Testimony GAO/T-AIMD-95-214; Budget Process: History and Future Directions; Congressional budgets Budget deficit Deficit reduction Budget administration Macroeconomic analysis Balanced budgets Fiscal policies Presidential budgets Budgeting Future budget projections Social Security Program Medicare Program