AP Government - Congress and the Budget

The Office of Management and Budget has the primary responsibility for which of the following?

• preparing the budget
• implementing federal unemployment benefits
• advising the president on implementing cloture
• adopting new entitlement programs

Social Security is the largest portion of which type of spending?

• Mandatory/Entitlements
• Discretionary 

What is an expenditure?

• What the government spends money on
• Money the government takes in as revenue
• an excess of expenses over revenue
• the main idea of the 16th amendment

Which of the following initiates the budget process?

• House Ways & Means Committee

• the president

• Senate Finance Committee

• Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

The largest contribution to federal revenue comes from

• taxes on businesses
• interest on foreign debt
• individual income taxes
• capital gains taxes

An earmark can be described as:

• the mark put on your ear before it is pierced

• an addition to a bill

• a provision that marks an area of special focus

• a provision that directs funding to a specific recipient

Federal budget entitlements refers to spending...

• by legislators on trips to home states to confer with constituents

• targeted to benefit residents of specific congressional districts

• on behalf of life, liberty, and the pursuit of· happiness

• to provide individual benefits to people established by legislation

Which of the following is the term for when federal expenditures exceed federal revenues for a one year period.

• budget deficit

• appropriations spending

• mandatory spending

• fiscal policy

The biggest expenditure in the federal budget today is...

• foreign aid programs

• welfare for the poor

• interest on the debt

• income security programs

How much of the federal budget is estimated to be uncontrollable, unless Congress changes a law or existing benefits?

• Two-thirds

• One-half

• One-quarter

• One-fifth