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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
Or the party in power can refuse to even pass a budget after turning down the President's plan.
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And give up a chance of getting some of their own pork in the budget? I let your pork in, you let mine and we shove it to the President for signature. Can he veto? Sure? But all or nothing. He does not have line item veto so we have a hostage situation.
In the meantime, the clock is ticking and the President gets more heat. So unless he is really popular like Clinton was, at the very least, he'd be sticking his political future and be pissing off his own party who wants their pork.