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White House Doesn’t Have Timeline For Budget Release

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, February 25th, 2021

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White House Doesn’t Have Timeline For Budget Release

The Biden administration’s fiscal year 2022 budget recommendation to Congress will be delayed and there isn’t “an exact timeline” yet on when the request will be made, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. The budget request typically goes to Congress in early February every year although changes in presidential administrations usually result in delays. But Psaki told reporters during the daily media briefing that the administration’s transition team ran into “some intransigence” from Trump administration political appointees…

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