Setting The Federal Budget - Unit 12

To determine individual tax rates

To create a financial plan for government spending and priorities

To limit congressional power

To allocate funds exclusively to military spending

The president signs or vetoes a budget.

The judicial branch decides if the budget is constitutional.

The Senate and House of Representatives approve their own budget bills.

A committee reconciles the budgets prepared by the Senate and the House of Representatives to create one budget.

Department of Defense

Medicare

Department of Transportation

veterans benefits

give the executive branch more power to further balance the branch's power

encourage the president not to use the pocket veto

combat wasteful spending

allow Congress the power to overturn the president's wishes on the budget