Actually it's ALL a Constitutional Issue.
All the laws passed dealing with spending basically order the Treasury Dept to pay out the money according to the language of the legislation. I am fairly sure neither the Treasury Dept. or the President can arbitrarily pick and choose what to pay and what not to pay without being in violation of the law.
This is going to get real interesting real fast.
You don’t understand what I said.
The U.S.Constitution stipulates that the government is responsible for national defense. That Constitutional requirement takes precedence over everything else.
Show me where, in the Constitution, it says the government must pay out unemployment benefits? The only reason Representatives and Senators vote for that crap is to get votes.