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Bell Ringer: Office of Management and Budget and the Budget Process

Office of Management and Budget and the Budget Process

White House Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, discussed the Office of Management and Budget and the presidential budget process.

Description

White House Budget Director, Mick Mulvaney, discussed the Office of Management and Budget and the presidential budget process.

Bell Ringer Assignment

  • What is the role of the Office of Management and Budget? What actions can it take?
  • In the Office of Management and Budget, what is the relationship between the budget and policy?
  • Explain the power that Congress has over the president's budget.
  • What is the process for creating the president's budget? Why do you think it starts so early?

Additional Resources

Participants

    Vocabulary

    • Appropriate
    • Budget
    • Discretionary
    • Economics
    • Fiscal Year
    • Inspector General
    • Omnibus
    • Policy
    • Power Of The Purse
    • Procurement
    • Regulation

    Topics

    AP U.S. Government Key TermsBureaucracy & RegulationEconomics & Financial LiteracyExecutive Branch

    Grades

    High SchoolUniversity