# How the congressional budget process works - Someone says “I want A dollars for XYZ” - The budget office is one of the best staffed offices in the pentagon - If something is a program of record it is paid for directly out of the budget <!-- #stub --> [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/How+the+congressional+budget+process+works) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/How+the+congressional+budget+process+works) <!-- {BearID:83DE8588-95A8-47DD-8178-92984266D984-27566-0006E166B17D4AFD} -->