> The budget resolution is a planning framework for the appropriations bills that make up the budget. It is not a “budget”. Guess what the President's budget p

> The budget resolution is a planning framework for the appropriations bills that make up the budget. It is not a “budget”. Guess what the President's budget proposal says on the cover? "Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2023" And if we look inside do we find a list of congressional appropriations? No. Instead we find a list of appropriations requests and explanatory information for congressional appropriators. Typical chapter headings have language like this: "The Budget requests $773 billion in discretionary funding for DOD, a $69 billion or 9.8-percent increase from the 2021 enacted level." So I am sorry, I cannot take seriously the idea that appropriations bills are "budget bills" or specify a federal "budget" except in an informal sense, one contrary to that used by the federal government itself. > All Congressional actions are resolutions. I certainly agree in the technical sense, and since we are debating nomenclature here I should be more careful.