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There's not much the president can do about that since it's up to Congress to allocate the funds. House terms are only two years long, and if you allocate fund
by gozur88 9y ago
There's not much the president can do about that since it's up to Congress to allocate the funds. House terms are only two years long, and if you allocate funds to this kind of thing you have nothing to show for it in the next election cycle unless the project brings jobs to your district.
- guelo 9y agoThat's absolutely not true, especially when the president and congress are of the same party. The President has the veto so congress and the president have to come to an agreement to pass a budget.
- gozur88 9y agoIn theory, sure. But Congress packs everything into one bill and puts it on the president's desk. Realistically, he can't not sign it without paying an enormous political price.