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> "The Budget" as proposed by the President every year In USA, a member of House of Representatives introduces, or proposes, a spending bill. If both parts of

> "The Budget" as proposed by the President every year In USA, a member of House of Representatives introduces, or proposes, a spending bill. If both parts of Congress - House and Senate - vote for the bill, it then goes to President for signature into law. https://history.house.gov/institution/origins-development/power-of-the-purse https://history.house.gov/institution/origins-development/po... “All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.” — U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 7, clause 1

tcmart14 4y ago
Usually the President does propose a budget. I believe the proposal is more of a "suggestion" from the President that congress can take into consideration when doing the actual budgeting bills. So the person you responded to is correct. Presidents do generally propose a budget, but it should not be confused with the actual budget that goes into effect. https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget/presidents-budget https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget/presidents-budget https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Budget_vrd.htm https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Bu... "The president submits a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February every year. The budget contains estimates of federal government income and spending for the upcoming fiscal year and also recommends funding levels for the federal government. Congress then must pass appropriations bills based on the president's recommendations and Congressional priorities. If Congress does not pass all appropriations measures by the start of the fiscal year (October 1), it has to enact a continuing resolution to keep the government running."
- landemva 4y ago
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  - DebtDeflation 4y ago
    The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires the President to submit a budget request to Congress and defines how the overall budgeting process works.
- Gibbon1 4y ago
  Generally people have the wrong idea how congress decides to spend money. The budget gets compiled by the various executive agencies. It essentially lists their required spending needs based on the authorizing legislation they are working under. As such the budget is more akin to an audit than anything else. Congress doesn't decide how much money to spend and on what as part of the budget process. That actually comes from the authorizing legislation that is passed separately.
lazulicurio 4y ago
> but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills Of course, this is a loophole big enough to sail a cruise ship through. And the Senate takes full advantage of that loophole in practice.
jsmith45 4y ago
The "spending bills" are more accurately called appropriation bills, and were covered later in my post. That constitutional clause is also a bit quirky, because "raising Revenue" would be tax bills (a.k.a. revenue bills), not spending bills (appropriation bills). But in practice it seems to be treated as applying to both.

tcmart14 4y ago

Usually the President does propose a budget. I believe the proposal is more of a "suggestion" from the President that congress can take into consideration when doing the actual budgeting bills. So the person you responded to is correct. Presidents do generally propose a budget, but it should not be confused with the actual budget that goes into effect. https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget/presidents-budget https://www.cbo.gov/topics/budget/presidents-budget https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Budget_vrd.htm https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Bu... "The president submits a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February every year. The budget contains estimates of federal government income and spending for the upcoming fiscal year and also recommends funding levels for the federal government. Congress then must pass appropriations bills based on the president's recommendations and Congressional priorities. If Congress does not pass all appropriations measures by the start of the fiscal year (October 1), it has to enact a continuing resolution to keep the government running."

landemva 4y ago
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- DebtDeflation 4y ago
  The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 requires the President to submit a budget request to Congress and defines how the overall budgeting process works.
Gibbon1 4y ago
Generally people have the wrong idea how congress decides to spend money. The budget gets compiled by the various executive agencies. It essentially lists their required spending needs based on the authorizing legislation they are working under. As such the budget is more akin to an audit than anything else. Congress doesn't decide how much money to spend and on what as part of the budget process. That actually comes from the authorizing legislation that is passed separately.

lazulicurio 4y ago

> but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills Of course, this is a loophole big enough to sail a cruise ship through. And the Senate takes full advantage of that loophole in practice.

jsmith45 4y ago

The "spending bills" are more accurately called appropriation bills, and were covered later in my post. That constitutional clause is also a bit quirky, because "raising Revenue" would be tax bills (a.k.a. revenue bills), not spending bills (appropriation bills). But in practice it seems to be treated as applying to both.