Well, the power of the purse has always lied with Congress and as I said, the appropriations process, unfortunately, you know, Only about 23% of what we spend right now really is discretionary. As you know, the mandatory spending has grown as a portion of our Federal budget massively in the last 30 plus years. (08:02–08:08)
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Asserts that a small portion of federal spending is discretionary.
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