just so we&#x27;re clear, you&#x27;re claiming that the Congressional Budget Office -- which creates baseline budgets twice per year -- is operating outside of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (which requires it to create baseline budgets), and is instead creating budgets that are completely arbitrary.<p>That&#x27;s quite a claim.<p>EDIT: Now that I think about it, you&#x27;re clearing confusing budget requests with baseline budgets. Everything you&#x27;ve said applies to budget requests.. none of it applies to baseline budgeting.