Bob LeChevalier <

If that is not enough

for you, try this page - you will find enough links there:
http://www.federalbudget.com/

Hardly..the budget has not been passed

Care to try again?

We can hold Bush solely responsible for the budget he submits to
Congress, not for the one that the Congress finally passes.

You can "hold Bush accountable" for anything your heart desires.

The budget is a shared responsibility between Congress and the
Executitive.

As both have input into the final budget, it would seem
reasonable to share the responsibility

It you want to hold the president solely responsible thats your
opinion

The "rumors" Un Abel forwarded in his article ignored the fact that
the budget negotiations have not been completed, or the final bill
passed

"Joe S." <nobody@nowhere.net> wrote in message news:<cdcjaf01p43@news3.newsguy.com>...

T. Carr has revealed his absolute and complete ignorance of the federal
budget cycle. The administration -- in this case, the Bush junta --
prepares and circulates budget planning guidance documents in which they
tell each federal department what to expect. These documents are typically
leaked to the Washington press corps and are among the worst kept secrets in
Washington.

JoeS has revealed his abject ignorance on how budgets and funding
are acomplished in our government

This is what the articles in question are referring to -- and the budget
planning guidance is exactly what the Bush junta plans to do. Their final
budget may vary a bit from the planning documents but not much.

Apparently you dont have a clue to WHO PASSES BUDGETS

The President's budget, officially referred to as the Budget of the
United States Government, is required to be submitted to Congress
early in the legislative session, no later than the first Monday in
February. The budget consists of estimates of spending, revenues,
borrowing, and debt; policy and legislative recommendations; detailed
estimates of the financial operations of federal agencies and
programs; data on the actual and projected performance of the
economy; and other information supporting the President's
recommendations.

The President's budget is only a request to Congress; Congress is not
required to adopt his recommendations. Nevertheless, the power to
formulate and submit the budget is a vital tool in the President's
direction of the executive branch and of national policy. The
President's proposals often guide congressional revenue and spending
decisions, though the extent of the influence varies from year to
year and depends more on political and fiscal conditions than on the
legal status of the budget.

The Constitution does not provide for a budget, nor does it require
the President to make recommendations concerning the revenues and
spending of the federal government. Until 1921, the federal
government operated without a comprehensive presidential budget
process. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 (P.L. 67-13; 42 Stat.
20-27), as amended, provides for a national budget system. Its basic
requirement is that the President should prepare and submit a budget
to Congress each year. The 1921 act established the Bureau of the
Budget, now named the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), to
assist the President in preparing and implementing the executive
budget. Although it has been amended many times, this statute
provides the legal basis for the presidential budget, prescribes much
of its content, and defines the roles of the President and the
agencies in the process.

Preparation of the President's budget typically begins in the spring
(or earlier) each year, at least nine months before the budget is
submitted to Congress, about 17 months before the start of the fiscal
year to which it pertains, and about 29 months before the close of
that fiscal year. The early stages of budget preparation occur in
federal agencies. When they begin work on the budget for a fiscal
year, agencies already are implementing the budget for the fiscal
year in progress and awaiting final appropriations actions and other
legislative decisions for the fiscal year after that. The long lead
times and the fact that appropriations have not yet been made for the
next year mean that the budget is prepared with a great deal of
uncertainty about economic conditions, presidential policies, and
congressional actions.

As agencies formulate their budgets, they maintain continuing contact
with the OMB examiners assigned to them. These contacts provide
agencies with guidance in preparing their budgets and also enable
them to alert OMB to any needs or problems that may loom ahead.
Agency requests are submitted to OMB in late summer or early fall;
these are reviewed by OMB staff in consultation with the President
and his aides. The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 bars agencies
from submitting their budget requests directly to Congress. Moreover,
OMB regulations provide for confidentiality in all budget requests
and recommendations prior to the transmittal of the President's
budget to Congress. However, it is quite common for internal budget
documents to become public while the budget is still being
formulated.

The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L.
93-344; 88 Stat. 297-339), as amended, establishes the congressional
budget process as the means by which Congress coordinates the various
budget-related actions (such as the consideration of appropriations
and revenue measures) taken by it during the course of the year. The
process is centered around an annual concurrent resolution on the
budget that sets aggregate budget policies and functional priorities
for the next five fiscal years. (Pursuant to temporary changes made
by the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, the budget resolution must
cover five fiscal years from 1991 through 1998; Congress has used
special authority the past two years to extend the budget resolution
to a six- or seven-year time frame to coincide with its
deficit-reduction goals.)

Because a concurrent resolution is not a law -- it cannot be signed or
vetoed by the President -- the budget resolution does not have
statutory effect; no money can be raised or spent pursuant to it. The
main purpose of the budget resolution is to establish the framework
within which Congress considers separate revenue, spending, and other
budget-related legislation. Revenue and spending amounts set in the
budget resolution establish the basis for the enforcement of
congressional budget policies through points of order. The budget
resolution also initiates the reconciliation process for conforming
existing revenue and spending laws to congressional budget policies.
The administration proposes its "wish list" for funding, but
CONGRESS provides the budget.

The Executitive has only the right to
accept or reject the budget passed by congress

Try reading the Consiitution.

T. Carr should refrain from commenting on matters about which he is totally
ignorant. Of course, if he did that, he'd need to turn in his computer as
he would have nothing to say.

Tell us again WHO passes budgets "joe"

The administration -- in this case, the Bush junta --
prepares and circulates budget planning guidance documents in which they
tell each federal department what to expect.