Annual Presidents and Congressional Budget Process Write a two-page paper, plus the title page and a reference page on the topic of the development of the annual President’s Budget and the Congressional Budget process.

In addition to explaining the process, explain where we are currently in the cycle. Link: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/federal-budget-process/. The annual federal budget process begins the first Monday in February of each year and should be concluded by October 1, the start of the new Federal Fiscal Year. In some — make that most — years, the October 1 date is not met. Here is how the process is supposed to work.