Posted on 02/08/2025 2:28:50 PM PST by DoodleBob
Well, those words are so pretty it almost makes USAID not smell like a hot moist dumpster.
The 2024 appropriations bill cited in the article has lots of room for President Trump to maneuver.
Here is the language on reorganization of AID:
“SEC. 7063. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds
appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropriations for
the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs,
or any other Act may not be used to implement a reorganization,
redesign, or other plan described in subsection (b) by the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or any other Federal department, agency, or organization
funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such
department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congressional committees:
Provided, That such funds shall be subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That any such notification submitted to
such Committees shall include a detailed justification for any proposed action:
Provided further, That congressional notifications submitted in prior fiscal years pursuant to similar provisions of law
in prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State,
foreign operations, and related programs may be deemed to meet
the notification requirements of this section.
(b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to subsection (a),
a reorganization, redesign, or other plan shall include any action
to—
(1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize covered
departments, agencies, or organizations, including bureaus and
offices within or between such departments, agencies, or
organizations, including the transfer to other agencies of the
authorities and responsibilities of such bureaus and offices;
(2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the United
States official presence overseas, including at bilateral, regional,
and multilateral diplomatic facilities and other platforms; or
(3) expand or reduce the size of the permanent Civil
Service, Foreign Service, eligible family member, and locally
employed staff workforce of the Department of State and
USAID from the staffing levels previously justified to the
Committees on Appropriations for fiscal year 2024.”
I will discuss in next post.
Notification is required.
As long as President Trump provided the Republican Chairman of the relevant Congressional Committees the information cited in the appropriations bill he is good to go.
Then he “consulted” with them and “notified” them.
If he did not then the actions would not be “official” until he did so.
Congress has no veto power on this.
BTTT
BTTT
As usual, Leftist outfits only highlight the “good” that an organization does, not the rampant fraud, corruption and money laundering for the Democrats/Left that far outweighs the “good”.
USAID is already substantially shut down and not making payments - correct?
See him sell out: https://youtu.be/iZtXQNDJJm4?si=dE58dWMX7Pl-Bnts&t=934
The USAID in Headquarters has no AID employees in it.
The sign was removed from the outside of the building.
The building has been taken over by ICE staff.
All but 700 of the 10,000 employees around the world have had their computer, email and facility access cut and any security clearances removed and received notification that their jobs no longer exist.
All grant funding and other expenditures not specifically authorized by the Secretary of State has been halted for ninety days.
The remaining AID functions have been moved to the State Department.
A judge has ruled that 2200 of the employees with no jobs should be given extra time without being fired—but they no longer have government computer or facility access.
Most former AID staff is located outside the United States. They have been given thirty days to return to the US on the government’s dime. After that they are on their own.
CIA front USAID cannot be ‘fixed’.
KILL IT !
It is dead Jim.
Lol.
“...Federal department, agency, or organization
funded by this Act without prior consultation by the head of such department, agency, or organization with the appropriate congressional committees:”
The above does not pertain to President Trump. He is certainly not the head of “such department, agency, or organization with appropriate congressional committee.” Those heads are under his authority. He certainly can call for changes to those departments without consulting anyone.
Kinda sorta—even if there was an acting head they are supposed to notify Congress of what their boss (President Trump) has done with their department.
Since we have Republican congressional committee heads the issue is moot.
They can ask for a quick briefing and say “sounds good to me” and that is that.
I disagree. Since it is President Trump who has deputized Musk to ferret out the waste and make necessary changes Congress does not need to be consulted. If the heads acting on their own take on such a task they would have to consult Congress.
Think of it as a separation of powers issue. Either Trump is in charge of the executive branch or he isn’t. He can perform the duties of that office without Congress saying yay or nay.
Maybe—if Congress really cared it might be a problem.
They don’t care.
Just to be super clear—nowhere in the legislation does it say Congress can say yeah or nay.
They are merely asking to be consulted—i.e., briefed.
Thanks for the correction. In this case they don’t even have to be consulted.
I looked at the thousands of pages IRA and so-called infrastructure act, trillions of inflation producing nation weakening spending each. Finally I just would flip it open like the Bible, put my finger on the page, and read. “Umpteen million to develop influnetial cadres of experts on environmental racism to XYZZY ngo. ( Or same but transportation instead of environmental, reproductive, etc.) Over and over. When Musk was appointed to look for wasteful spending I thought he didn’t have a chance because the Trillions of waste are allocated by Congress in Phony Named Laws right there in plain sight.
But Trump has countered where in the Constitution does it say that Congress can directly cut a check to a crony without involving the Article 2 Power ( The Executive Branch.), and by doing so evade the rights granted to the people such as free speech, free exercise of religion, 2A,4A, etc?
This is the question of the hour. Under a Demo or RINO President there would be no problem though.
Congress can Budget but can it set up a payment issuing organization that doesn’t answer to the Executive? I don’t see it in the Constitution. Trump you beautiful Genius has called their bluff. Good luck at the Supreme Court and ballot box next time, suckers.
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