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To: tennmountainman

Trump can fight until his face turns blue, he still does not have dictatorial powers to initiate spending bills. That power belongs to ONLY the House of Representatives, per US Constitution.

If the congress critters are hell bent on denying funds for the wall, the best POTUS can do is veto the spending bill. Then either the congress OVERRIDES his veto -or- the government comes to a screeching halt from lack of authorized funding.

Sometimes I wish we were under a benevolent dictatorship, such as in history by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk of Turkey, emperor Ashoka of the Maurya dynasty in India, or the Chinese emperor who built the 22,000 mile long wall which still stands after a millennium and served the purpose of stopping invaders from Mongolia.


52 posted on 04/25/2017 4:06:16 PM PDT by entropy12 (Read my profile for how to really reduce healthcare costs & improve quality.)
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To: entropy12

Are you afraid of a shutdown over border wall funding?

I’m not.


54 posted on 04/25/2017 4:29:29 PM PDT by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small pittance)
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