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There is no constitutional duty to request funds. The duty is upon Congress to appropriate funds. They have the power of the purse, not the Executive.
by IncRnd 9y ago
There is no constitutional duty to request funds. The duty is upon Congress to appropriate funds. They have the power of the purse, not the Executive.
- tonyztan 9y agoIn the case of the CFPB, I believe Congress delegated to them the authority/responsibility to request funds directly from the Federal Reserve. https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/budget-strategy/funds-transfer-requests/ https://www.consumerfinance.gov/about-us/budget-strategy/fun...
- IncRnd 9y agoYes. Congress constantly pulls this rigamarole, even back in the 1974 Congressional Budget Act. That's actually why I wrote, "There is no constitutional duty to request funds". I didn't mean to imply anything else. These requirements on the President are just a shell game from Congress to blame the President, avoid passing a budget, and pretend to be the "white-knights" each time there is a continuing resolution battle. It is interesting to note that the CFPB passed in July 2010. Yet, 2015 was the first budget passed since 2009. I think it's safe to say that Congress has purposely engineered this situation to get the self-serving results they want.