1.3: President's Role
Stregthening the President's Role in the Federal Budget Process Other Information:
Summary: To help the public hold the President and Congress jointly accountable for better budget outcomes may require granting
the President a larger role in the budget process. Beginning the annual budget process with a negotiated agreement between
the President and Congress enacted as a joint budget resolution, giving the President enhanced rescission authority, and other
legislative reforms would help. The President could be required by legislation to address the nation each fall on fiscal sustainability.
If the President takes the lead in summarizing these challenges, and the Congress weighs in with its own views, then there
will be a better basis for debating different budget options and holding leaders accountable for improved budget outcomes.
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