Senators accuse State Dept. of defying Congress with $500M UN climate payment

Fellowship Of The Minds ^ | 3/12/2016 | DCG

[puppypusher]

That’s easy to cure.Just deduct $500. Million from the State Department Budget.Watch them scream like children not getting their lollipop.

[arthurus]

Lawyers cannot replace the constitutional requirement that only Congress can appropriate money,”

McConnell & Co. haven't turned all that over to the Executive Branch yet? They had better get on it. They may only have until January to get it done.

[Sgt_Schultze]

... but argues the department was within its authority to shift funding to the Green Climate Fund, because Congress did not explicitly prohibit funding the GCF

That's a ridiculous position. In essence, State's position requires Congress to specify everything that every agency may not spend money on, otherwise, it is permissible. Under that requirement, each State Department employee could receive a 10-week cruise every year, or a free beachfront house in Maui, or even a new Tesla for every member of each employee's household.

[elpadre]

Only two????? where is the rest of Congress???

[Flintlock]

Eeeeeeeeeazzzzy......................!
Just take the $$$$$ out of their (bleeping) BUDGET!!

Oooops...now THAT would take balls, wouldn’t it?????
My bad.

[HomerBohn]

They’re off wanking each other in the cloakroom.

[hal ogen]

“Accuses...” So what? The complicit a-holes keep approving their budgets. Criminals all.

[hal ogen]

“Accuses...” So what? The complicit a-holes keep approving their budgets. Criminals all.