While it has no legal effect, the budget serves as a guideline for the congressional appropriations process. A constitutionalist President's budget should do the following.

尽管它没有法律效力，但是这份预算能够作为国会拨款程序的指南。

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The recommendations from the Legislative Budget Board, which advises the state legislature on appropriations, portend a difficult few years, especially for sick people, old people, and students.

该州的议会预算委员会(Legislative Budget Board)有责任就预算分配为州议会提供建议，现在来自他们的建议意味德州在未来几年要苦日子了，特别是对于病人、老人和学生来说。

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The president meets Wednesday with Senate Democrats, as the budget committee there and in the House of Representatives begin "marking up" budget resolutions, which form the framework for appropriations and other important legislation.

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The Environmental Defense Fund sent a letter recently to all members of the U.S. Senate appropriations committees asking them to strike anti-environmental climate change riders from the budget appropriations bills.

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What we have said is that we feel confident, given the nature and the limitations on the mission, that it can be paid for within existing budget appropriations because there are funds that exist for that purpose.

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The bill is expected to be introduced this year into the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, which next meets on Thursday.

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