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52 Fighters<p>Do you have an opinion on <a href="https://rcsocial.net/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>? <a href="https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/31450695" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lemmy.sdf.org/post/31450695</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
beSpacific<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/RussellVought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussellVought</span></a> lead on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> alum, plan to <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/impound" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impound</span></a> federal <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> in direct violation of 1974 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> Control Act. This would prompt legal fight very likely decided by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> &amp; threaten separation of powers outlined in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a>.Trump Drafts Plans to Take Over <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> Spending Powers. Donald Trump plans to make massive cuts to spending after Congress decides on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>budget</span></a>..taking a wrecking ball to our democracy, nothing is stopping him <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192733/trump-plans-spending-cuts-congress-shutdown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/192733/tr</span><span class="invisible">ump-plans-spending-cuts-congress-shutdown</span></a></p>
Fajjie<p>Or this: I’m calling to demand that my Senator vote AGAINST the House's CR. If Congress abdicates its power of the purse, <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> will shut it down thoroughly and permanently. Pass a clean CR that protects <a href="https://c.im/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, and prevents <a href="https://c.im/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> and DOGE interference. Thank you. <a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">senate.gov/senators/senators-c</span><span class="invisible">ontact.htm</span></a></p>
Zhi Zhu 🕸️<p>Trump and Musk are building a new spoils system</p><p>When ideological targeting becomes cronyism<br><a href="https://donmoynihan.substack.com/p/trump-and-musk-are-building-a-new" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">donmoynihan.substack.com/p/tru</span><span class="invisible">mp-and-musk-are-building-a-new</span></a></p><p>"Trump, via <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>, is engaged in <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>, which is <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unconstitutional</span></a>. It also vastly weakens <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>. &amp; yet, the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> pitch to get Congress to pass appropriations is that he will ignore what they actually pass! Impoundment is a feature, not a bug, in their model for governing."</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>Threat for Today <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CR</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> Vote - "<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> officials have been telling <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> holdouts who want more spending cuts that the administration will pursue <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> — that is, holding back federal funding already appropriated by Congress — according to two <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> who were in a recent meeting with the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/president" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>president</span></a> and spoke to Meredith Lee Hill. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/legislative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislative</span></a> relinquish all <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ruleoflaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleoflaw</span></a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/inside-congress/2025/03/11/johnsons-spending-holdouts-00223195" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/newsletters/insid</span><span class="invisible">e-congress/2025/03/11/johnsons-spending-holdouts-00223195</span></a></p>
jon zellweger<p>Mr. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Tillis" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tillis</a>_ I’m heartened by the news of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SupremeCourt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SupremeCourt</a> that <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23POTUSINO" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#POTUSINO</a> must unfreeze congressional allocations for foreign aid. I hope you are. It was a partial acceptance of the <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23impoundment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#impoundment</a>, however, if I understand things correctly. 1/10</p>
Eric Maugendre<p>Can the president override Congress on spending? It depends on <a href="https://mas.to/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> </p><p>Listen or read three minutes at <a href="https://mas.to/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>: <a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5308583/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-53085</span><span class="invisible">83/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment</span></a> 🧵</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/paymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>paymentSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/default" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>default</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Treasury</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/debt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debt</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/governance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>governance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/compliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compliance</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/responsibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>responsibility</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/techCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techCulture</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/techBros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techBros</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/manliness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manliness</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/masculinity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>masculinity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spending</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/expenditures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expenditures</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ruleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruleOfLaw</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MMT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MMT</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Constitution</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a></p>
acemaxx<p>(my two cents) <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> can affect political stability b/c it can create tensions b/w the executive and legislative branches, potentially leading to political gridlock, legal challenges, or a breakdown in the functioning of Govt programs.</p><p>Typo: Gillian Tett (not Lillian)</p>
acemaxx<p>Trump 2.0 and US politics - <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> ... fiscal policy: OUT – fiscal autocracy: IN, chart @financialtimes.com Lillian Tett<br><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/880d5a82-f145-4525-ba66-3b5e10471a73" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/880d5a82-f145-4</span><span class="invisible">525-ba66-3b5e10471a73</span></a></p>
Magpieblog<p>The Trump regime is doubling down on its illegal firings of federal workers.</p><p>How do we know the firings are illegal? </p><p>Under the Constitution, only Congress has the power to fund the federal government, and once it authorizes money for a particular purpose, the president has has to spend that money. </p><p>1/n</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FederalWorkers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalWorkers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IllegalFirings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IllegalFirings</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/intimidation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intimidation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-administration-tells-federal-agencies-make-plans-large-scale-lay-rcna193850" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/white-hou</span><span class="invisible">se/trump-administration-tells-federal-agencies-make-plans-large-scale-lay-rcna193850</span></a></p>
NiftyLinks<p>"I finally got what's bugged me about all these stories on the crippling of the US govt: all of them speak of "cuts" when, in fact, only Congress can 'cut' funding, and it has done nothing of the sort. The story describes illegal &amp; unconstitutional impoundment, BUT SAYS NOT ONE WORD ABOUT IT"</p><p>Preach! <a href="https://federated.press/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> is a crime. It should be met with <a href="https://federated.press/tags/impeachment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impeachment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://federated.press/tags/Via" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Via</span></a>: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/kjephd.bsky.social/post/3livf7iif622l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bsky.app/profile/kjephd.bsky.s</span><span class="invisible">ocial/post/3livf7iif622l</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>The Dangers of Presidential <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> - Foreign Policy </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Nixon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nixon</span></a> tried what <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is planning—and it caused a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/constitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>constitutional</span></a> crisis. </p><p><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/16/presidential-impoundment-trump-nixon-history/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/16/p</span><span class="invisible">residential-impoundment-trump-nixon-history/</span></a></p>
Jason Beets<p>This unprecedented and illegal power grab abrogates Congressional authority over federal spending and violates the Impoundment Control Act. </p><p><a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/understanding-the-impoundment-control-act/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizensforethics.org/reports-</span><span class="invisible">investigations/crew-reports/understanding-the-impoundment-control-act/</span></a></p><p>37/x </p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Government</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Spending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spending</span></a></p>
Deb Nam-Krane<p>Well, here we go: how do you enforce a court order that the executive refuses to comply with? Better question: what makes you think you can defy it in the first place? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/epa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epa</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/epa-spending-freeze-court-orders-00202253" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/02/04/e</span><span class="invisible">pa-spending-freeze-court-orders-00202253</span></a></p>
Nikolas Kozloff<p>Never heard of the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> Control Act, but here we are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/29/trump-funding-freeze-evokes-watergate?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j</span><span class="invisible">an/29/trump-funding-freeze-evokes-watergate?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a> <a href="https://federated.press/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
notes<p>"Key architects of Project 2025 propose another dangerous tool to weaken the constitutional authorities of Congress and seize control over the federal budget: presidential impoundment. This power refers to the executive branch’s refusal to spend appropriated monies per Congress’ directives. Congress erected the important statutory guardrails that ban presidential impoundment . . . "<br><a href="https://www.americanprogress.org/article/project-2025-would-destroy-the-u-s-system-of-checks-and-balances-and-create-an-imperial-presidency/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">americanprogress.org/article/p</span><span class="invisible">roject-2025-would-destroy-the-u-s-system-of-checks-and-balances-and-create-an-imperial-presidency/</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Impoundment</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/joycevance" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>joycevance</span></a><br />The outcome of that hearing will turn on whether the plaintiff groups challenging the Trump administration’s plans can show that they will be irremediably harmed by the measure.That leaves us with the question, can a president unilaterally substitute their own funding decisions for those of Congress? The answer is, they can’t The only way Trump can proceed with impoundment is if the Act is unconstitutional and Train is reversed<br /><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/impoundment?r=ymxmu&amp;utm_medium=ios" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/joycevan</span><span class="invisible">ce/p/impoundment?r=ymxmu&amp;utm_medium=ios</span></a></p>
bk<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@skykiss" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>skykiss</span></a></span> <br>Isn’t it Congress and not the president who disburse the funds (maybe they should grow a pair; <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>)</p>
ProPublica<p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> is entering his second term with vows to cut a vast array of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> services and a radical plan to do so. Rather than relying on his party’s control of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to trim the budget, <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.</p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Impoundment</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loC-UTFPizQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=loC-UTFPiz</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Trump and his advisers intend to test an obscure legal theory holding that presidents have sweeping power to withhold funding from programs they dislike.</p><p>“We can simply choke off the money,” <br>Trump said in a 2023 campaign video. <br>“For 200 years under our system of government, it was undisputed that the president had the constitutional power to stop unnecessary spending.”</p><p>His plan, known as “<a href="https://c.im/tags/impoundment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>impoundment</span></a>,” threatens to provoke a major clash over the limits of the president’s control over the budget. </p><p>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. </p><p>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.</p><p>❌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. </p><p>♦️This month, he pressured the Senate to go into recess so he could appoint his cabinet without any oversight. <br>(So far, Republicans who control the chamber have not agreed to do so.) </p><p>His key advisers have spelled out plans to bring independent agencies, such as the Department of Justice, under political control.</p><p><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-impoundment-appropriations-congress-budget" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-i</span><span class="invisible">mpoundment-appropriations-congress-budget</span></a></p>
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