What exactly does the "Executive Office of the President" do with several billions of dollars a year? It jumped from 386 million up to 3.3+ BILLION from 2003 to 2004, then up to nearly 7.7 BILLION in 2005. It then drops, but really. BILLIONS??

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I looked up Executive Office of the President and found that it includes the following offices, not that it makes that increase any more legitimate...

The Executive Office of the President
Below are the offices included in the Executive Office of the President.

    * Council of Economic Advisers
    * Council on Environmental Quality
    * Office of Administration
    * Office of Management and Budget
    * Office of National Drug Control Policy
    * Office of Science & Technology Policy
    * President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
    * United States Trade Representative
    * White House Office

The White House Office
Below are the offices included in the White House Office.

    * Domestic Policy Council
    * Homeland Security Council
    * National Economic Council
    * Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
    * Office of the First Lady
    * Office of National AIDS Policy
    * Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
    * USA Freedom Corps
    * White House Fellows Office
    * White House Military Office

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/eop.html