Because that's the power of the purse, and under the Constitution it rests solely with the legislative branch.
That, in turn, will rightly reinforce outside prejudices about the inadequacies of America's legislative branch.
It is the legislative branch and not the courts that is the proper institution for answering these questions.
As a matter of comity and tradition, these appropriations requests for the Legislative Branch are transmitted without change.
More importantly, Guatemala will go to the polls to elect a new executive and legislative branch in September.
Not only has Kirchner "bulldozed" the legislative branch, but he also tried to gain more control over the Judiciary.
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To be sure, Mr. Obama is not the first chief executive to hold the legislative branch in low esteem.
The executive branch holds the sword, Alexander Hamilton wrote in the Federalist No. 78, and the legislative branch the purse.
As Roberts limited the power of the legislative branch, he also reminded Americans about the limits of his own branch.
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The legislative branch has its own powers and its own prerogatives, and so they check my power and balance my power.
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In addition, this transmittal contains FY 2014 amendments for the Legislative Branch.
Those kinds of things are the direct concerns of the legislative branch.
It effectively forecloses Congress' option to reject the deployment at such time as the legislative branch is ultimately permitted to address the question.
It leaves the decision whether to use further borrowing, cost-cutting or new taxes to pay it clearly in the hands of the legislative branch.
The House of Representatives is part of the legislative branch, and so the House should do what the legislative branch does, which is legislate.
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In developing the order, the Administration sought input from stakeholders of all viewpoints in industry, the public sector, the legislative branch, and the advocacy community.
Everybody that's in Washington, that works in the executive branch and the legislative branch, was sent here as part of representative democracy to solve problems.
President BUSH: It's the legislative branch that decides the calendar.
There's legislative branch, judicial branch, executive branch all sharing tables.
But as we've discussed a few times in here, those plans have to get through the legislative branch down the street and then ultimately hopefully to come back here.
In order for a budget agreement to become law, right -- the Republicans don't control both the executive branch and the legislative branch, and the Democrats don't control both.
And I think hearing what their concerns are and, quite frankly, understanding that the House Republicans now play the important role of governing House -- governing half of the legislative branch.
Ambassador Rice was using unclassified talking points that were developed by the intelligence community and provided not just to her, not just to the executive branch, but to the legislative branch.
Certainly, such behavior does not inspire confidence that a candidate for Director of Central Intelligence will be fully transparent and forthcoming toward the legislative branch -- for whom he also works.
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So why does he need something... now he's asking for the legislative branch of government, a separate branch of government from his executive branch of government, to give him some other direction.
In doing so, it will provide a clear indication that at least the legislative branch recognizes the United States' long-run technological requirements and that it is prepared to ensure they are met.
If a Republican is elected President, it will be continue as an even more contentious subject in 2013 and beyond, as the legislative branch will take the lead in repealing parts of the plan.
The Center calls for an immediate moratorium on further decontrol actions pending thorough executive and legislative branch reviews of the present procedures and consideration of statutorily mandated safeguards needed to protect against ill-advised initiatives in this area.
Still, this summary sets forth a number of points that appeared to be generally agreed -- and that bear directly upon pending executive and legislative branch decisions concerning the future contribution of the U.S. manned bomber force to the nation's power projection capabilities.
To the extent that Congress has been outspoken in its criticism of the actions of Toshiba, Imhausen and others whose technology transfers have added new security burdens to those already borne by Western taxpayers, the legislative branch should prove a forceful ally in bringing about such corrective actions.
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