Posted on 02/28/2017 12:11:30 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said he would not back slashing State Department funding as the Trump administration is expected to propose, adding that deep cuts would not pass the legislative chamber.
Speaking to reporters, McConnell also said Republicans, who control both the Senate and the House of Representatives, are still not in agreement on a healthcare plan to replace Obamacare.
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He can veto the budget and show that the government can run quite well on a pay-as-you-go basis. This can be an opportunity.
Why? Who is getting kickbacks? What is it to congress?
He is a freakin pussy!!!!!!!!!!! Lets all send him a pink hat!! :-)
Trump should veto the budget Congress sends him until State and EPA are slashed.
Do they have to actually spend whatever is appropriated? Could monies be returned (I know, radical thought)?
Sounds like some horsetrading is in order...
WOW...did he ever talk like this about Obama?? I don’t recall this much testosterone coming from Mitch.
That scumbag must be guilty of multiple felonies. Time for DOJ to take him down.
I'd be happier to see a horse whipping. I'm sick to death of the GOPe pukes.
Not that I recall. I think he just bent over and said “yes sir”.
Good God Almighty, what PUKES we have that call themselves Republicans!! What can we do besides create a new party?
These GOP people are stinking, filthy GARBAGE!
What happens if no budget is passed and govenment shuts down, and nobody notices
I’d think that Tillerson could put some fraction of whatever is appropriated in a contingency bucket and just never allow it to be spent.
Impoundment of appropriated funds
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For other uses, see Impoundment (disambiguation).
Impoundment is an act by a President of the United States of not spending money that has been appropriated by the U.S. Congress. Thomas Jefferson was the first president to exercise the power of impoundment in 1801. The power was available to all presidents up to and including Richard Nixon, and was regarded as a power inherent to the office. The Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 was passed in response to perceived abuse of the power under President Nixon. Title X of the act, and its interpretation under Train v. City of New York, essentially removed the power. The president’s ability to indefinitely reject congressionally approved spending was thus removed.[1]
The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 provides that the president may propose rescission of specific funds, but that rescission must be approved by both the House of Representatives and Senate within 45 days. In effect, the requirement removed the impoundment power, since Congress is not required to vote on the rescission and, in fact, has ignored the vast majority of presidential requests.[2]
Forty-three states in the U.S. give their governors authority not to spend money allocated by the state legislature. The states which deny their governor the authority are Indiana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island, and Vermont.[3] The Mayor of Washington, D.C. also has the impoundment power.[4]
Who says Trump will pass your budget Turtle or anyone’s budget in CONgress? You got enough to overrride his veto? Trump could opt to not spend the waste you pass.
The turd-le epitomizes the art of the not possible. Surrender flag raised.
...just the opening for a deal.
I never know if this guy is being truthful or if he’s just saying these things for other strategic reasons
RINOs: Congress is EXEMPT, above all Law,
chosen by the People to rule them, and ignore
their will.
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