Explain the budget process.
What will be an ideal response?
Prior to 1921 the United States did not have a formal budget process. As the role of government expanded it was decided that a more formal organization was required. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 gave the president the power to prepare and deliver a national budget to Congress. This act also created the Bureau of the Budget, known today as the Office of Management and Budget, to assist the president. The budget consists of a plan of spending that reflects existing programs as well as new presidential initiatives and revenue, deficit, and surplus estimates and projections. The budget process is long, beginning more than one year before it is submitted to Congress. That time is dominated by sorting through funding requests and negotiations. It is the job of Congress to approve the budget that is no guarantee that it will accept everything that the president requests. Responses should briefly examine the congressional process for approving a budget including the role played by House and Senate Budget Committees.
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a. The Environmental Protection Agency’s relationship with Greenpeace b. The Livingston Group’s efforts to influence policy makers on behalf of Turkey c. Americans for Prosperity’s lobby for the Keystone XL Pipeline d. The Podesta Group’s contract with South Sudan to gain the attention of U.S. policy makers
______ are stipulations that a state, to remain eligible for full finding for one program, must adhere to the guidelines of an unrelated program.
A. Crossover sanctions B. Direct orders C. Partial preemption D. Crosscutting requirements
D. plans to reduce acid rain by halving emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide
A. Ronald Reagan B. Bill Clinton C. George W. Bush D. Barack Obama
Elections create strong links between public opinion and government action in the United States.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)