The Federal Government Budget Process - 1761 Words

When it comes to the government not many people fully understand what is going on, especially when it comes to the budget and how they decide what to spend things on. Some people just tend to look at a country and see a huge amount of debt and just assume that the country isn’t doing well. When people look at the United States of America they see a country that is a world power. People see a country that overcame many conflicts and is still trying to develop further, as much as possible. A country that has a lot of opportunities. But those opportunities would be in place if there wasn’t a process for the federal government budget. The United States government is filled with many checks and balances to avoid conflicts. Whether it’s though†¦show more content†¦The first step to creating the federal government budget is the President submits a budget request to Congress. The executive branch gets requests from the federal agencies saying that different thin gs and projects need money or that they don’t need money. So basically they discuss what project is more important. Yet these are all only proposals so they can either be accepted or denied depending on what the people think the country needs. The second step to creating the federal government budget is the House and Senate pass budget resolutions. â€Å"A budget resolution is not a binding document, but it provides a framework for Congress for making budget decisions about spending and taxes.† In this process they set limits but do not create the actual budgets for the programs. â€Å"After the House and Senate pass their budget resolutions, some members from each come together in a joint conference to iron out differences between the two versions, and the resulting reconciled version is then voted on again by each chamber.† The third step to creating the federal government budget is the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees markup appropriations bills. â€Å"The chair of each subcommittee writes a first draft of the subcommittee s appropriations bill, abiding by the