It doesn't force Congress to do anything; it invites them to. But the current Congress ends in 6 days.
“But the current Congress ends in 6 days.”
There you have it!
I was waiting.
No congress is bound by another.
They will have to do it all over again with the new congress.
It doesn’t force Congress to do anything; it invites them to. But the current Congress ends in 6 days.
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Thank you. A FReeper who understands Congressional limits.
Also: the new Congress is even more strongly R, even if the Ds have a few seats majority in the House.
If there are do-overs or set-asides in the election, anyone know how that affects House seats for the next Congress?
it says Congress has 45 days, but I’m not sure if it matters if it’s a new or old congress. Sitting congress ends in 6 days, but the fiscal year doesn’t end until Oct 1.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Budget_and_Impoundment_Control_Act_of_1974
Here’s a Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act quote that speaks to the Executive Branch power, and specifically of the Comptroller General’s office, which works to Trump’s advantage,
“The process for determining the amount of the automatic cuts was found unconstitutional in the case of Bowsher v. Synar, (478 U.S. 714 (1986)) as an unconstitutional usurpation of executive power by Congress because the Comptroller General’s function under the Act is the “very essence” of execution of the laws, which is beyond the power of a legislative body. It was noted: “Once Congress passes legislation, it can influence only its execution by passing new laws or through impeachment.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramm%E2%80%93Rudman%E2%80%93Hollings_Balanced_Budget_Act
as it seems to mesh with the linked article quote:
” Section 686 states that if the comptroller general, who is part of the legislative branch, finds “that the President has failed to transmit the special message,” he shall “make a report” and send it to Congress and that report “shall be considered a special message transmitted under section 683 or 684.”
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-1974-law-that-makes-this-impeachment-especially-dubious
In the meantime, it’s said ‘the squad’ will introduce a stand-alone $2K bill on Monday which could make this bill a dead horse.