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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (144281)	10/30/2008 5:55:21 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 173976

flush with cash?? the deficit went up every year with Clinton, it went up like 35 % during his 8 years Pelosi and Reid's last budget added 1.7 trillion to the debt( a new one year record), with Obama they will break all kinds of records

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (144281)	10/30/2008 5:57:05 PM
From: tonto	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Ah, you are forgetting some of the players... The budget process for the U.S. Federal government involves both the executive and legislative branches of government. The President submits a budget to Congress, which then passes legislation to actually appropriate and authorize funds to be spent.