Congress quietly just took away one of Trumps most important powers: Power to propose a budget.

[Stuart G]

The President has the power to create a budget with certain preferences to spend here or spend there. That is the way it is usually done. Proposed budget then goes to congress for deliberation and approval. This is the way it is done....

but not this year....A few days ago, Congress passed a 2 year budget..yes..2 years

Schumer and McConnell worked out a deal for 2 years. It seems that deal included increased spending everywhere to take care of increased costs. The amount of spending for this and for that remains at the same ratio as it did before..I guess. Hell I don't know.

But no more arguments that we spend on this or on that for 2 years. It was done quietly and very quickly. The idea that Trump as President would propose next years budget is out of the picture. It has been passed.

Next years budget has already been passed, if I understand it. It was a 2 year budget deal...Correct.?

Well that means that Trump has lost the power to propose next years budget. One of the most important powers that any president has is to propose a budget.. Why? Well that is how the money is going to be spent, and that is very important. By passing a 2 year budget, it means that has been done for next year too. Trump cannot propose next years spending because it has already been passed. Get the picture...

McConnell and Schumer and a group of them, (I don't know who) proposed and passed terms of the United States federal government budget for 2 years. . .

One more note: I assume that the ratio for spending is the same as this years budget, based on Trump's budget proposal. But I don't know. If the budget this year was prepared with Trump's approval, and it was, I guess, and the ratios are similar, than Trump did have input.

But who knows?..because Schumer and McConnell passed that second year rather quickly without much debate..Did we debate that here?...don't think so. I am not sure that Trump was greatly involved in this years budget preparations either. I am not sure that he has a clue. But if Trump set some limits and ratios for this year, maybe they used the same ones for the year after. One thing is for sure, Congress does not have to go to Trump for a budget for a long time. Schumer and McConnell fixed that one.

[unblock]

1. Republicans wanted very much not to have their trillion dollar deficits be a new topic

That’s why the quick, quiet deal to avoid any big news stories about the deficit for a coupke year.

[Stuart G]

2. Good point, but which departments got more money..and which got less?

Did education get more, or less. (don't know)
Did military get more...that we know of course..
What about cleaner air?
What about the national parks?

I don't know..do you?

[unblock]

4. for 2018, defense up nearly 15%, non-defense up about 12%. similar increases for 2019.

deficit? what deficit?

[Stuart G]

6. Thank You for the information...(non-defense up abouat 12 percent)

About the deficit......you are correct...what deficit? wait ...that trillion dollar thing?..what thing?

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Trump can't deliver *his* wall . . . . .

[Stuart G]

5. I think that "the wall" is not in the new budget..you are correct..

It was a "fall" for the wall............................................................I tried..

[Adsos Letter]

8. A fail it did entail.

Sorry, I tried to help.

[Rollo]

7. So what?

Trump may not be president in 2019 anyway...

[sharedvalues]

9. I worry McConnell agreed to 2years to avoid reconciliation in 2019

Reconciliation bypassed the filibuster.

[dawg day]

10. I thought they couldn't bind the next congress (elected 2018)?