It has been SOP that Dems in Congress control the implementation of legislation.
Sen Chris Dodd wrote HAVA controlled all the HAVA money that gave us all the computerized hardware and software we now trust so much.
Back in the Reagan-Bush I era Cong Rostenkowski controlled the budget of Treasury and ATF. He used ATF as his personal avengers. He controlled where and when Civil Service tests for Dept of Treasury positions were given (eg. back office of his political storefront) and who was allowed to take the tests.
Establishment GOP are so grateful to get a few scraps from the table.
You thought the executive branch controlled that?
“You thought the executive branch controlled that?”
Good point :-). I was simply pointing out that Bush signed off on it. I’m simply pointing out the facts :-).
However, the Dems would have certainly wrote and implemented TARP after passage.