decribe 2 ways the federal buracracy helps shape laws passed by congress?

The president recently sent his proposed budget for the next fiscal year to Congress. The House and Senate will work with it, talk about it, argue about it, change it (maybe), etc., and then they will vote. How do you think the Congress would pass a budget if it weren't sent to them as a proposal from the president?

Now ... your turn. What do you know that has happened recently?