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RosieG

Congress holds the pursestrings. Does that mean they tell the Executive Branch and Judicial Branch what their admin budgets will be?

Posted - May 9, 2017
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  • 5354
    Wiki has an article about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_of_the_purse

    Mostly it boils down to deciding how the governments tax income should be spent.
      May 9, 2017 9:39 AM MDT
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  • 113301
    Thanks JakobA. I appreciate it! :)
      May 9, 2017 11:19 AM MDT
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