What was the Budget and Accounting Act and how did it change the government’s economic functioning?
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In essence, the Budget and Accounting Act, passed in 1921, divided traditional budgeting into areas of executive and legislative supremacy (executive branch: preparing and execution; legislative: appropriating and auditing). The Act requires the president to submit an annual budget to Congress. Furthermore, within the Treasury Department, a Bureau of the Budget was created to conform to the president’s program. At the same time, the auditing functions of the Treasury Department were transferred to Congress’s brand new General Accounting Office (renamed the Government Accountability Office in 2004).
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Which of the following factors is the biggest influence on Texas's dropout numbers?
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U.S. Senators were no longer chosen by state legislatures after the passage of the
A) Thirteenth Amendment. B) Sixteenth Amendment. C) Seventeenth Amendment. D) Nineteenth Amendment. E) Twenty-first Amendment.