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Which branch of government approves or rejects the presidents annual budget?
The President, the Budget Director, the Cabinet, and others work with Congress as it accepts some proposals, rejects others, and changes still others. Each year Congress must pass and the President must sign, 13 appropriation bills that include all of the discretionary spending.
What branch of government has the power to approve the budget?
The legislative branch
The legislative branch has the power to approve Presidential nominations, control the budget, and can impeach the President and remove him or her from office.
What branch may withhold funding for presidential initiatives?
Legislative Branch (Congress)
Which branch of government has the power to reject the president’s appointments?
The Constitution also provides that the Senate shall have the power to accept or reject presidential appointees to the executive and judicial branches. This provision, like many others in the Constitution, was born of compromise.
What branch may ask Congress to come together?
The President has the power, under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, to call a special session of the Congress during the current adjournment, in which the Congress now stands adjourned until January 2, 1948, unless in the meantime the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Speaker, and the majority leaders …
Which branch can propose bills and call special sessions of Congress?
Checks and Balances
| A | B |
|---|---|
| Executive | can propose laws as well the legislative |
| Executive | can veto laws |
| Executive | can call special meetings of Congress |
| Executive | makes appointments (cabinet and ambassadors) |
Where does the federal government get its budget from?
Federal agencies create budget requests and submit them to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB refers to the agency requests as it develops the president’s budget proposal. The president submits his budget proposal to Congress early the next year.
What happens if Congress can’t agree on a budget?
If Congress can’t agree on 12 separate appropriations bills, it can pass an Omnibus bill that includes multiple funding areas. If the President signs that, the budget becomes law and goes into effect.
Who is responsible for the budget under the Constitution?
The constitution assigns budget responsibility to the legislative branch (the Congress). Congress had trouble over the years managing this job. The 1974 Budget act established the budget process that we currently use. This process includes four primary parts.
When do agencies submit budget requests to the White House?
The work actually begins in the executive branch the year before the budget is to go into effect. Federal agencies create budget requests and submit them to the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). OMB refers to the agency requests as it develops the president’s budget proposal.