Stagger Lee
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I'm sorry, do you not understand who writes the budget? And what happens when a petty congress shuts down the government by not signing it?
You might want to go back and take a civics refresher class. The President proposes a budget, but Congress is the body that actually sits down and allocates the funds for whatever projects that they deem worthy. This is where the pork comes in. It's not the President that does that. The majority party decides what gets funded and how much, taking into consideration the President's requests for things like the military and other executive programs. Then the President is the one who is given the choice of sign or not sign. You seem to have it completely backwards, but that's ok. One of my many goals in life is to educate people and I'm always happy to do my part when folks don't understand how this country works.
But in sum, the Democrats are and have been the ones who send a completed budget to the President for an up or down, yes or no vote in the form of his signature.