Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Congress and the Budget

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall.   No normal human being would have the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the President for creating deficits.   The president can only propose a budget.   He cannot force the Congress to accept it.

The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.   Who is the speaker of the House?   She is the leader of the majority party.   She and fellow House members, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can pass it over his veto if they agree to.

And also the when Barrack Hussein Obama and his party point out that the GW Bush approval rating is so low they forget to mention that the approval rating for the Democratic led Congress is at an all time low and is actual about a third (10%) of the Presidents(30%).  But then again reality or the truth has never been their strong suit.

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