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The “Department of Government Efficiency” isn’t a real government office and as such has no actual power. Musk and Ramaswamy won’t be able to do anything, and t

The “Department of Government Efficiency” isn’t a real government office and as such has no actual power. Musk and Ramaswamy won’t be able to do anything, and the budget is controlled by congress, not the executive.

akira2501 2y ago
The executive requests the budget. Congress approves it. The key thing here is the "Due Care Clause." The administration is required to implement our laws with "due care." If there's a law on the books the administration is required to enforce it. The means and expected effectiveness of that enforcement are often not specified.
- sundaeofshock 2y ago
  The House creates the budget, the Senate votes on it, and the president then signs it into law. Usually, the executive branch will come up with a dream budget that can be considered their starting position in budget negotiations.
  - ttyprintk 2y ago
    As President, Trump paid no price for shutting down the government because the budget was too small/didn’t include some inefficient spending he said Mexico would pay for. His next will be his fourth shutdown.
  - akira2501 2y ago
    The Administration creates the budget and submits it to congress. This is why the Administrative office of "Management and Budget" exists. This happens every year and has for as long as I've been alive. I believe you're referencing "budget resolutions" which are not law and have a more complicated relationship to the process. https://www.usa.gov/federal-budget-process https://www.usa.gov/federal-budget-process
    - jfengel 2y ago
      The Administration creates the budget and submits it to congress. ... who promptly pronounces it "dead on arrival". Which isn't actually true. They still use the executive branch proposal as a baseline. They, too, are supposed to authorize payment for the programs that they've passed laws to create. Usually, there's somebody in the room whose constituents benefit, and they can insist that it continue to be funded. And of course this time around, the President will have a Congress who is controlled by his own party, so the relationship will be less hostile. In all likelihood they will end up putting back some programs instead.
qntmfred 2y ago
this congress will be an extension of the executive, and you know this administration and his legislative and judicial allies don't care about the rules and norms anyways. they feel like their agenda was obstructed last time, they've got a mandate now, and so they're just gonna steamroll anybody standing in their way this time around.
b0sk 2y ago
That's nice and all if there's independence between congress and exec branch. Exec branch wields total power in this admin and Congress just obeys.
HDThoreaun 2y ago
Congress will pass anything trump sends their way. Republicans cant go against trump theyll get primaried.
- ttyprintk 2y ago
  You don’t go against Trump: you infight against someone in government who can’t defend their inefficiency. An Alaskan Senator secures $4m earmark for a small town. Why can’t she support Donald Trump’s vision and the futuristic leadership of the DOGE?

akira2501 2y ago

The executive requests the budget. Congress approves it. The key thing here is the "Due Care Clause." The administration is required to implement our laws with "due care." If there's a law on the books the administration is required to enforce it. The means and expected effectiveness of that enforcement are often not specified.

sundaeofshock 2y ago
The House creates the budget, the Senate votes on it, and the president then signs it into law. Usually, the executive branch will come up with a dream budget that can be considered their starting position in budget negotiations.
- ttyprintk 2y ago
  As President, Trump paid no price for shutting down the government because the budget was too small/didn’t include some inefficient spending he said Mexico would pay for. His next will be his fourth shutdown.
- akira2501 2y ago
  The Administration creates the budget and submits it to congress. This is why the Administrative office of "Management and Budget" exists. This happens every year and has for as long as I've been alive. I believe you're referencing "budget resolutions" which are not law and have a more complicated relationship to the process. https://www.usa.gov/federal-budget-process https://www.usa.gov/federal-budget-process
  - jfengel 2y ago
    The Administration creates the budget and submits it to congress. ... who promptly pronounces it "dead on arrival". Which isn't actually true. They still use the executive branch proposal as a baseline. They, too, are supposed to authorize payment for the programs that they've passed laws to create. Usually, there's somebody in the room whose constituents benefit, and they can insist that it continue to be funded. And of course this time around, the President will have a Congress who is controlled by his own party, so the relationship will be less hostile. In all likelihood they will end up putting back some programs instead.

qntmfred 2y ago

this congress will be an extension of the executive, and you know this administration and his legislative and judicial allies don't care about the rules and norms anyways. they feel like their agenda was obstructed last time, they've got a mandate now, and so they're just gonna steamroll anybody standing in their way this time around.

b0sk 2y ago

That's nice and all if there's independence between congress and exec branch. Exec branch wields total power in this admin and Congress just obeys.

HDThoreaun 2y ago

Congress will pass anything trump sends their way. Republicans cant go against trump theyll get primaried.

ttyprintk 2y ago
You don’t go against Trump: you infight against someone in government who can’t defend their inefficiency. An Alaskan Senator secures $4m earmark for a small town. Why can’t she support Donald Trump’s vision and the futuristic leadership of the DOGE?