[amorphous]

Who had final veto authority?

[semimojo]

Who had final veto authority?

That's exactly the point. Obama didn't have to lift a finger to get the spending. Our congress presented it to him and all he had to do was sign it.

[Tupelo]

“Who had final veto authority?”

Whatever. But really isn’t that called rationalization? or at least passing the buck.
$20,000,000,000,000.00 and only one man made any attempt to stop or eve slow it down.
ONE man.