Budget Battles Begin as Wyoming GOP Leaders Pan Biden’s Proposal: ‘Dead on Arrival’

WASHINGTON — For much of contemporary American political history, the annual machinations around government budgeting have followed a similar trajectory: the president would release his proposal, accompanied by a press conference or background briefing for reporters; congressional lawmakers in his party would praise it, while those across the aisle would rip it to shreds; and the ultimate federal allocation would end up somewhere in the middle, emerging through a compromise.