The President's budget ______.
A. sets the basic framework for spending and taxing in the United States
B. is advisory, but Congress is required to vote on the President's budget so the voters have a clear choice of competing policy priorities
C. sets the spending priorities of the government and represents an opening bid in negotiations
D. has largely been dismantled as executive departments communicate directly with the Appropriations Committees to reduce political influences
Answer: C
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