Here’s an interesting little piece of news for your Monday morning.

Apparently, according to this AP article, President Obama is tired of how the US Constitution allows Congress to spend money, and Obama wants this changed.  So, he is seeking to introduce new legislation to make it so he has more control.  Nice.

It seems to always come down to that pesky Constitution of ours.  I wonder if Obama shouldn’t just shred it and let us all know how he really feels about it, instead of skirting this issue as he does.

I also find it deliciously odd that he is seeking to force Congress, his Democrat-controlled Congress, mind you, to stop wasteful spending when he was so hot-to-trot on spending trillions we simply do not have.  (But which can be printed, easily, of course.)  I’d hate to see how he balances his own personal checking account.  This man’s grasp of money and fiscal responsibility is at the fourth-grade level.

Anyhoos, here is AP article.  Please to enjoy.

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday is sending legislation to Congress that would allow him to force lawmakers to vote on cutting earmarks and wasteful programs from spending bills.

The legislation would award Obama and his successors the ability to take two months or more to scrutinize spending bills that have already been signed into law for pork barrel projects and other dubious programs. He could then send Congress a package of spending cuts for a mandatory up-or-down vote on whether to accept or reject them.

Senate Democrats filibustered the idea to death just three years ago, and so Obama’s move would seem like a long shot. But the plan could pick up traction in the current anti-Washington political environment in which lawmakers are desperate to demonstrate they are tough on spending.

The White House move also comes as Obama’s Democratic allies in Congress are trying to pass a tax and spending bill providing $170 billion for programs such as unemployment benefits, aid to state governments, and help for doctors facing a big cut in Medicare reimbursements. The Senate is also taking up an almost $60 billion war funding bill, and a vote looms on an administration-backed plan to add $23 billion to help school districts avoid teacher layoffs.

Under the Constitution, the president has to either sign a bill — forcing him to take the bad along with the good — or veto it, which can be impractical. That allows Congress to pad spending legislation with items a president does not like.

The White House says Obama would use the new power to try to weed out earmarks such as water and sewer grants and road projects not requested by the administration.

See the rest here.