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Originally Posted by Robbie
He's never even gotten the Democrats to vote for his budgets. Hasn't had one budget in his term. Pathetic.
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The President does not set the budget. He submits something that is considered a wish list and any voting on it is symbolic and irrelevant.
It is the job of Congress only to decide how federal tax dollars are being spent. All the President can do is make requests and submit what he hopes to get for his own branch of government as well as other things.
This does a good job of breaking it down and explaining how Romney's statement was technically right but how it doesn't mean anything at all:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-me...d-pass-budget/