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Federal Budget Politics: the Art of the Compromise During Times of Record Debt Pamela Roach North Cobb High School http://cobblearning.net/proach/ conference-presentations/ [email protected] Background • Budget simulations for US Government & economics – set up with GCEE & Federal Reserve materials!!! Evening at the Fed! • Blog: debt clock, unemployment indicators, inflation, bus cycle, housing crisis, mandatory spending. • In the past, online simulations oversimplified process… possible citizenship problem – Teams differentiated by ideology. • Inspiration: KSU Fiscal Sanity Tour • Gang of Six Congressional Simulation Students requested committee assignments; used Nathan Newman’s as a guide • Military • Social Security • Health • Agriculture • Science • Justice • Transportation & Development I.O.U.S.A. • One Nation, Under Stress, In Debt Congressional Simulation • Invited Senator Chambliss to school, • Charlie Harman, chief of staff spoke – Gang of six – Tea party impact – Budget process – Career options House and Senate • Leaders elected by each house, seating by committee and by house • Researched & developed proposals for balancing the budget – identify cuts/increases – Who is helped/hurt – Likely positive & negative externalities • Presented proposals to whole Congress although each house voted independently • Leaders chaired • Amendments • Conference Committee Online Budget Simulations • Summative: Students chose partners and balanced the budget. Ideology – Nathan Newman – New York Times – Budget Hero – Concord Coalition For the Future • Teach background & use I.O.U.S.A. • Research Assignment on committee topics beforehand: Policy Analysis • Google docs for development of budget proposals by each committee (private) • Post budget proposals • Blogging for whole class to discuss beforehand • Edit budget proposals • Then, debate in class… Resources • http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas# • http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb Budget Simulations • http://marketplace.publicradio.org/features/b udget_hero/ • http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/11 /13/weekinreview/deficits-graphic.html • http://www.nathannewman.org/nbs/shortdef. html#Military • here for the Concord Coalition's simulation. • http://congress.indiana.edu/e-learningmodule-federal-budget-allocation