"Zero-Based Budgeting" Was a

"Zero-based budgeting" was a

A) method of budgeting that dictated funding for federal agencies could never be cut unless the federal government was running a budget deficit.
B) method of budgeting from the bottom up, whereby each agency was required to rejustify its entire mission rather than merely its next year's increase.
C) method of budgeting in which each federal agency would receive a 0 percent increase each year.
D) phrase used by President Bill Clinton in his attempts to persuade the public that there was very little basis for cutting the funding of most federal programs.