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Sorry Mitch...you might have a grip on current practice but the constitution does not say anything about budgets or legislative agendas originating in the White House. Congress looks at the President's budget as no more than a courtesy due a co-equal branch of government. The President can veto the legislation and Congress can override the veto. I'd say, as would most political scientists, that that makes the Congress the more powerful body.
Fiscal prudence should be the hallmark of Congress.
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Wm. F. Buckley, Jr.
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