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Welcome and Introduction
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The Budget and the Economy

• The federal budget - key components and concepts
• How the federal deficit was ended - and returned
• Current deficit and debt projections

STAGE III: Appropriations
The traditional role of the House initiating appropriations bills; the rules and structure in place to move this "must pass" legislation through committee and floor consideration.

• Changes in the appropriations process including Senate initiation of appropriations bills, and conflict in the appropriating process
• How the various parts of an appropriations bill relate to one another
• How to interpret the nuances of legislative language (expects versus directs, may versus shall, etc.) in appropriations bills and reports
• Track Senate amendments to House-passed appropriations bills
• How the Senate's lack of formal rules and structure impacts the path of appropriations bills through the Senate; the use of unanimous consent

Sample agendas of different versions of this program tailored for previous custom clients are available in Adobe PDF.

• Our 2-day public course

• 1-day program for national law firm - Advanced Federal Budget Process

• 2-day program for federal agency - Budgeting in Review

• As part of 2-day "Understanding Congressional Budgeting and (Client Agency)'s Issues" for federal agency

• 2-day program tailored for a military department - Understanding Congressional Budgeting and (military client) Issues

• As part of 5-day Capitol Hill Workshop for federal agency - Advanced Federal Budget Process and Legislative-Executive Workshop

See our Sample Agendas page for more.

Not enough staff for a custom, on-site program? You can still train your staff at our public course.

Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.

Usually requires 2 days.  

This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the United States and in many foreign countries.

If you don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program, you can still train your staff at our public course.

The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, all course materials, and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose.

Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. 

We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.

• Congressional Operations Briefing - Capitol Hill Workshop

• The President's Budget

• The Defense Budget

• Preparing and Delivering Congressional Testimony

• Preparing for Congressional Oversight and Investigation

• Strategies for Working with Congressional Staff

• Tracking and Monitoring Legislation

• Understanding Congressional Budgeting and Appropriations
  

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• Congressional Authorizations and Appropriations, Government Series

• Congressional Deskbook

• Congressional Operations Poster

• Federal Budget Links and Research Tools

• Quick DC Links - Washington Essentials

• The Federal Budget Process, Government Series

• The Federal Budget Process by Allen Schick 

• Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Budget Process ^TM
  

• Phone: 703-739-3790

• Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net

• Complete our online custom program information request.