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Originally Posted by Undertoad

As a Constitutional Scholar, Radar, whom would you say is in charge of federal spending?

As a Constitutional Scholar, I'd say since the President is signing it and allowing it to pass, he's responsible for it unless congress overrides his veto with a 2/3 majority vote and then Congress alone is responsible. If you go to dinner with 4 people and you take the bill from the waitress, hand them a credit card, and sign to pay for the bill it is your responsibility even though everyone else at the table is responsible for increasing the bill, you took responsibility when you signed. If Congress overrides a veto of the President on their spending bills, they have essentially taken the bill away from the president and signed for it themselves.

Congress can put anything they want in spending bills but unless the president signs it, they have nothing. So when the president signs bills for federal spending, the president is responsible for that spending. If he vetoes spending and congress overrides the veto, congress is responsible.