"strabo" wrote in message
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F. George McDuffee wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 22:42:41 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

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You are definately confused as to how the Federal Government runs. The
Congress is the only group who can pass a spending bill, the only ones
who can say we spend this money. The Executive Branch can approve or
veto the bill with their Check and Balance part of government. But it
is only Congress who can first say lets spend money and tell the rest of
government to spend money and how much they can spend. And the
Democrats have been in control of the checkbook for nearly 2 years.
Bush and the Republicans sux. But so does the Democrats and Pelosi,
expecially Pelosi, and Reid.
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From a theoretical standpoint you are correct, and I wish that
this was the way it worked in the real world.


It's not theory, it's the law.

So, reconcile that with the actual federal budget process, and all of the
"supplemental" funding bills for the war in Iraq.

Tell us who initiates them.

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Ed Huntress