They Just Don’t Make Presidential Budgets Like They Used to

• By Stan Collender
• Roll Call Contributing Writer
• Jan. 19, 2010, Midnight

There was a time when the submission of the president’s budget to Congress was a very big deal. Not only was it a front-page story across the country, but the major daily newspapers typically had a multi-page spread with reporters pulled from other beats to write about many different aspects of what was proposed. The president’s budget typically didn’t just lead the evening news on the day it was released; it dominated that night’s broadcast and was the subject of follow-up reports through the week.