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The Nation’s fiscal health: Action is needed to address the federal government’s fiscal future. (2017). GAO Reports, 1–57. This speech provides insight into the challenges of federal budgeting.

Dilger, R. J. (2020). Unfunded mandates reform act: History, impact, and issues. Congressional Research Service: Report, 1–53.
This article sheds light on the way federal mandates put pressure on state and local budgets.

De Mello, J. L. R. (1999). Intergovernmental fiscal relations: Coordination failures and fiscal outcomes. Public Budgeting & Finance, 19(1), 3–25.
This paper delves into the complexities of fiscal decentralization and the resulting need for coordination on fiscal matters between different levels of government.