More from the article (undermining itself):
“the Impoundment Control Act, which allows spending to be withheld for only three reasons — to provide for “contingencies,” to achieve savings from increased efficiencies, or as mandated by a particular law. The act also bars a deliberate holdup of spending until the end of a fiscal year, according to 2018 decision by auditors at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. And it said no funding could be delayed for more than 45 days without Congress’s approval.”
Article (of course) does not actually link to nor quote the law.
Insofar as it asserts the delay “without Congress’s approval” was more than 45 days, July 25 to September 11 is 48 days. That requires further details on exactly what constitutes “delayed” and “released”, which very well could work out to 7/26 to 9/9 ... i.e.: 45 days.
The article also conveniently leaves out what prompted & constituted the extended deadline passed on 9/19.
Article also asserts a “55 day delay” (not 48), which I don’t see the basis of (again, 7/25 to 9/11).
Finally, if this is (as purported) a criminal violation, the Articles of Impeachment should have referenced the exact laws broken. It did not, opting instead for little more than “orange man bad”.
Does anyone know if the Ukranians have actually used, or even deployed the Javelin missiles in question? If not, what was the urgency? It seems to me this is a critical question that no one is asking.
I have never heard of a 45 day limit for funding to be delayed. We have until Sept. 30 to expend our funds, that is all. And we try to expend them at least a month ahead of time, because the process is more complicated than merely spending the money.
Also, what does that mean, that funding cannot be delayed for more than 45 days without Congressional approval? Funding is received from the funding agency; the President is not a funding agency. He is in the position of expending funds, not allocating funds. And sending the funds to Ukraine (or any other country) is an expenditure, not an allocation of funds by a funding agency.