“I am aware of that. And no money appropriation bill can reach a president’s desk unless a Congress puts it there. Congress controls that 100%. Congress controls the budget 100%. A president can submit a budget and Congress can ignore it 100%.
Congress appropriates ALL money by decree of the US Constitution!
Do you really think Clinton ran a budget surplus from 1995 - 2000, or do you think it was the Republican Congress with Newt and the “Contract with America” that slashed the budget? Prior to Newt and the Republican Congress, Clinton was racking up $200 billion dollar budget deficits.
No money appropriation bill gets on the desk of the president unless Congress puts it there.”
Since you are still not getting it, I guess this is futile. Spending requires both the majority votes of Congress and the signature of the President (barring a veto and override or 10 day presidential omission). Therefore, the entire budget process is a negotiation between Congress and the President! They both have to concur! What about this are you not getting!
Don’t you remember the 1995 government shutdown? That was because negotiations broke down...the Congress can’t simply (without 2/3) ram a spending bill into law. They need to include or exclude items wanted and not wanted by the president in a compromise!
*sigh* I get it! And spending occurs exactly in the order that you put it in your above statement. Spending is appropriated in Congress! Nowhere else!
Do you really think the current spending of the Democrats equals the spending under Bush? The Democrats are now up to some $3 trillion plus in 1 year.