What a bloody mess: “Trump’s declaration that he will ignore the laws Congress passed and take it upon himself to spend money as he wishes undermines not just the Antideficiency Act but also the fundamental principle that the American people must have control over their own finances.”
#Politics #USPolitics #USConstitution #TrumpIsNotAboveTheLaw #AntiDeficiencyAct #CongressionalAppropriations #CongressionalSpending #FederalBudget #LettersFromAnAmerican
“The reason things have dragged to a legislative standstill in October is essentially because Republicans in Congress willed it to be so when they returned to Washington to rejoin Trump as devoted supplicants. Their most fateful decision in that regard? Giving up one of the legislative branch’s core functions—the power of the purse.”
#Politics #USPolitics #USCongress #CongressionalAppropriations #PowerOfThePurse #TrumpCantBeTrusted #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace
https://newrepublic.com/post/201612/trump-shutdown-appropriations-process-broken
A Guy Named Brian (he/him)
