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In 1921, Congress Passed the Budget and Accounting Act, Which

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In 1921, Congress passed the Budget and Accounting Act, which instituted the practice of having presidents send annual, comprehensive budget proposals to Congress.In so doing, lawmakers changed the presidency, even as they ultimately retained control of the budget, because the practice:


A) allowed presidents to frame policy deliberations, and shape the congressional agenda.
B) gradually gave presidents final control over budgets, stripping the power from Congress.
C) led to systematic efforts, fully controlled by the president and with no congressional input, to change the way government does business.
D) took power away from Congress, and gave it to friends and family of presidents, ones with little experience in government.

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