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Douglas Johnson[_2_]

wrote:

He has the Constitutional authority to veto the budget.

He does. But he must sign bills or veto them in whole. He doesn't have line
item authority. True, he could veto appropriation bills and shut down the
government like Clinton did, but he can only sign or veto what Congress gives
him.

And he *must* spend the money as ordered by Congress. No more, no less. So I
would be inclined to lay responsibility at Congress's doorstep, not the
president's.

Oh, that's right, there is no budget, thanks to your pal, Harry R.

There is no formally passed budget, but the president can't spend a dime that is
not authorized by Congress. See Article 1, Section9. So there have been an
endless series of continuing appropriations that simply keep doing business as
usual. Take a look at Article 1, Section 8 to see who has the power to borrow
money.

It is hard to lay blame solely on Mr. Reed, unless you believe he has some duty
to simply accept the Republican's approach to things. As you pointed out in
another post, the Constitution does not work that way.

-- Doug