[Rhodes22-list] POLITICS - When The Levy Breaks

[Bill Effros]

No, Hank, that's not the way it works.  Congress does not "create" the 
budget.

The Executive branch develops a budget which the President submits to 
Congress for approval.  Congress can either pass the budget, or change 
it.  The President must then sign it.

This President has gotten his budgets passed pretty much intact.  You 
might want to talk to your congressmen and Senators about that, or you 
might want to elect different congressmen and senators, and Presidents 
with different priorities.

I guess the good news is that the current President has already said 
that we will be able to pay for all the reconstruction required without 
raising taxes.

At least, that's good for me.

Bill Effros

Hank wrote:

>All this talk about Pres Bush cutting the budget is factually inaccurate. 
>Congress creates the budget. The President then either approves or 
>disapproves. Talk to your congressmen and Senators, not the President about 
>appropriated funding.
> Hank
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> On 9/7/05, ghpnn at bellsouth.net <ghpnn at bellsouth.net> wrote: 
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>>The head of FEMA is a political appointee, a lawyer, with no disaster 
>>management experience. President Bush cut $71,000,000 from the budget of the 
>>Corps of Engineers in New Orleans which was earmarked for levee work this 
>>year. Is he responsible for these two actions?
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>>Hugh Penn
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