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It’s not supposed to. It sure looks like it does. Power is more than what the written rules say you can do.

• _heimdall 1y ago
  I think you're getting to the distinction between power and authority. Congress may have the authority to decide procurement (I'm not 100% sure on this, going with the discussion), but functionally the president may have the power to force their will through the system.
  • inglor_cz 1y ago
    Congress has been too deferential to executive power for decades.
    • wat10000 1y ago
      And nobody listened to the people saying that this concentration of power would be a disaster if the office was ever held by a craven jerkwad. And guess what happened!