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How #Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From #Congress
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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 defund programs they dislike.

#News #Government #USPolitics #Law #President #Politics #Constitution #Impoundment #POTUS

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget
#news #trump #congress #politics #law #potus #constitution #budget #government #president #uspolitics #impoundment
Heretical_i
In other words, not "Seize"... more like 'tie it up in legal wrangling for the next four years, but be unable to actually exercise any legitimate authority to do so'.

"How #Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From #Congress

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..."

Via @ProPublica
#trump #congress #budget @ProPublica

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