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BumRushDaShow

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4. "How long before they circumvent Congress all together"

Reply to angrychair (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 11, 2025, 06:42 AM

Dec 11

They already HAVE. Multiple times, by refusing to spend the money authorized BY CONGRESS via appropriations that were SIGNED INTO LAW by a President, for SPECIFIC PURPOSES, and instead impounding it and/or withholding it until the end of the FY, where the money drops back into the Treasury unspent (except on something that 45 wants it spent on by illegally "reprogramming" it).

IOW, they have violated both the "Budget Control and Impoundment Act" AND the "Antideficiency Act" and no on cares.

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