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2004 United States federal budget

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 21, 2024
Entity authorityQ4603423 ↗
Source-derived summary

The 2004 United States Federal Budget began as a proposal by President George W. Bush to fund government operations for October 1, 2003 – September 30, 2004.

The requested budget was submitted to the 108th Congress on February 3, 2003.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “2004 United States federal budget” is open-knowledge reference entry. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through United, States and federal, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2004, 2003—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, United, States and federal is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “2004 United States federal budget” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.