The Presidential Role in the Budget Process

The Presidential Role in the Budget Process

• Early in this century, the president had very little involvement in the development of the federal budget
• By the mid-1970s the president had been given the resources to translate policy into a budget proposal to be presented to Congress
  • Office of Management and Budget (1921)
  • Employment Act of 1946 (Council of Economic Advisers)

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