ITEM---The President designated as an "emergency requirement" ALL funding so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, for the accounts referenced in section 7058(d) (Excerpt) Read more at twitter.com ...
ITEM --- Trump has basically told the House....."See ya in court!"
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The details (hat tip John Salisbury):
1. Congress allocates money. The President spends the allocated money.
2. Once Congress allocates money, their job is oversight. They don't spend the money and have no say HOW it gets spent.
3. Once the President is given the money, he has a number of choices in spending it....some of the money is fungible and some isn't. 4. By Trump declaring a Human Rights Emergency AND has notified Congress that he's invoking the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, this opens up new spending options. 6. President Trump has just communicated that he has the authority to NOT spend any funds he doesn't deem necessary and will return them to the US Treasury. For example: funds the House allocated for Planned Parenthood? Trump can simply not allocate the funds
7. Trump's declarations also make some funds fungible. For instance if he determines that building a Wall on the Southern Border is a defense against Human Trafficking? He can move funds from anywhere else in the Defense Dept Allocation & simply build the Wall.
8. Congress is powerless to stop cash reallocations AND cannot stop the DOD from taking measures under a presidential-declared Emergency.
9. Despite the House's strict language about the Border Wall, it is outweighed by Trump's declaration of a State of Emergency.
10. Amen
I hope and pray the source is right.
This is totally bogus and has been thoroughly discredited. This letter refers to emergency money targeting Haiti. It is in response to something that happened much earlier in the year and has nothing to do with this budget.
No, Trump cannot designate all federal money as “emergency.”
No, he cannot willy-nilly yank EPA funds for “the Wall.”
We have a process called AUTHORIZATION and APPROPRIATION, and even after money is “authorized” (btw, this bill is really an “authorization” bill, even though it says “appropriation”), the authorization is merely permission to spend.
Trump has no money until it is appropriated for a very specific purpose. Moreover, it’s not appropriated to Trump, but to each Department secretary. If Carson gets $2b and Trump tries to “move” $1b of that, HUD gets no more appropriations (nor, likely, would anyone else) until that money is replaced.
This is all in the Constitution, which everyone seems to want to discard now. The HOUSE originates all spending, and oversees all spending.
Great, Liz! Thanks for this glorious intelligence.
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Thanks, Liz!
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Amen indeed democrats kick dog.
By Trump declaring a Human Rights Emergency AND has notified Congress that he's invoking the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, this opens up new spending options. 6. President Trump has just communicated that he has the authority to NOT spend any funds he doesn't deem necessary and will return them to the US Treasury. For example: funds the House allocated for Planned Parenthood? Trump can simply not allocate the funds ...
Trump's declarations also make some funds fungible. For instance if he determines that building a Wall on the Southern Border is a defense against Human Trafficking? He can move funds from anywhere else in the Defense Dept Allocation & simply build the Wall.
8. Congress is powerless to stop cash reallocations AND cannot stop the DOD from taking measures under a presidential-declared Emergency.
Despite the House's strict language about the Border Wall, it is outweighed by Trump's declaration of a State of Emergency.
Trump needs to use these powers - he has nothing to lose. The press will hate him whatever he does, democrats will hate him no matter what he does, Democrat War Rooms will still send him hate letters written so they sound like they come from his base... TRUMP HAS NOTHING TO LOSE BY DOING IT HIS WAY - AND EVERYTHING TO GAIN.