Which of the following is true of the federal budget? a. it is a joint process of the executive branch and congress. b. the federal budget impacts states, but has very little effect on individuals. c. the government is required to have a balanced budget every year. d. all of the above.

i would say the executive branch is because the executive branch is in charge of enforcing the laws and judicial branch is in charge of enforcing but the executive branch is most responsible for it all so i would have to say the executive branch.

the romans were initially interested in expansion via sicily (which at that time was a cultural melting pot), part of which lay under carthaginian control. at the start of the first punic war (264-241 bc), carthage was the dominant power of the western mediterranean, with an extensive maritime empire