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How Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse from Congress
by Molly Redden
November 26, 2024

Introduction:

(ProPublica) Donald Trump is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of government services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s control of Congress to trim the budget, Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.

“We can simply choke off the money,” Trump said in a 2023 campaign video. “For 200 years under our system of government, it was undisputed that the president had the constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending.”

His plan, known as “impoundment,” threatens to provoke a major clash over the limits of the president’s control over the budget. The Constitution gives Congress the sole authority to appropriate the federal budget, while the role of the executive branch is to dole out the money effectively. But Trump and his advisers are asserting that a president can unilaterally ignore Congress’ spending decisions and “impound” funds if he opposes them or deems them wasteful.

Trump’s designs on the budget are part of his administration’s larger plan to consolidate as much power in the executive branch as possible. This month, he pressured the Senate to go into recess so he could appoint his cabinet without any oversight. (So far, Republicans who control the chamber have not agreed to do so.) His key advisers have spelled out plans to bring independent agencies, such as the Department of Justice, under political control.

If Trump were to assert a power to kill congressionally approved programs, it would almost certainly tee up a fight in the federal courts and Congress and, experts say, could fundamentally alter Congress’ bedrock power.

Read more here: https://www.propublica.org/article/tru ... s-budget

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Biden pardons his son Hunter despite previous pledges not to

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/bi ... r-AA1v5vSW

Under normal circumstances, I'd be outraged. However, Hunter could be in danger under a Trump administration. IDK how to feel about this.

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More on that: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/20 ... rump-fbi/ &

https://www.commondreams.org/news/kash-patel-fbi

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I am sorry but running for reelection eventhrough he knew damn well he couldn't and then having to hand off to his vp(the worse choice!) just to lose to Trump. well,

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I am sorry but running for reelection eventhrough he knew damn well he couldn't and then having to hand off to his vp(the worse choice!) just to lose to Trump. well,

Chill it's a Daily Mail poll. It's basically garbage

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Do food dyes even do anything other than change food's color? This is one of the few changes that feels like not-news compared to everything else.

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More on that by NBC:

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-n ... rcna183095

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald ... rcna182858

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Elon is going to have to start up a asteroid mining company to pay that debt! Hurting the poor is just wrong.

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