Re: “Trump signs budget bill, looks to cement his legislative legacy” (July 5, A1):
Congress appears to have utterly forgotten how the governmental chain of command works: The legislative department doesn’t immediately report back to the president. That is explicitly said within the Structure, the separation of powers between the three branches of presidency.
Congress spent quite a lot of effort falling throughout itself to satisfy a very arbitrary drop-dead date to cross a spending invoice demanded by the president. Members ought to have ignored this date and brought the time and care to cross a spending invoice that utilized to their constituents. They need to not have slammed in a spending invoice at breakneck pace that has a detrimental impact on a big portion of the inhabitants.
Rick Krause, Shoreline
