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To: SilentZ who wrote (163399)	3/7/2003 11:27:12 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1574194

Then why is Bush bothering pushing a tax-cut package, faith-based initiatives, anti-cloning bills, etc? That's all irrelevant, isn't it? I was careful to indicate that the president has "an element" of control. For example, it is typical for the president to propose tax legislation. But ultimately, all tax legislation has to originate in House Ways & Means, and in reality, will be drafted by the JCT (or more accurately, the Staff of the JCT). The president can say, "this is what I want to see", but the bottom line is that he may or may not get it. Very influential presidents (like Reagan) were able to sometimes get most of what they wanted; but in '86 (the broadest tax code revision since '54), Reagan proposed a bill that received major revisions before all was said an done. Realistically, Congress has (or should have) minimal involvement in foreign policy. I'm not trying to suggest either area is an exclusive domain...