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.

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https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget