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Budget 101

A guide to the federal budgetmaking process

SOURCE: Congressional Budget Office, Office of Management and Budget | CREDITS: Scott J. Anderson, Kyle Balluck, Alyson Hurt and Ed O'Keefe, washingtonpost.com - Updated February 6, 2007