of truth for the congress and the courts as they deal with the executive branch. the presidential powers have been expanding over time. this is not the first president to try to expand them. all previous presidents, you know, in the modern era have tried to expand these powers. sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn't. but the office of the president is much more powerful today than it ever has been, thanks to this building expansion over time. and so i think he raises an interesting question about the power of the purse. the political problem for that position is, the american people almost always give the president higher job approval than they do the congress. so the average person is looking at this system saying, well, the president took power. who did he take it from? he took it from people i don't approve of and i trust him more than i trust the congress to deal with southern policy ir issues. so i think the legal and the constitutional implications may run up against the sheer political implications of a congress that's weak by virtue of its popular standing or lack of popularity with the american