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The Impoundment Act doesn’t require the president to make any specific grant unless Congress specifically says so. The Act says the president needs to seek rec
by rayiner 2y ago
The Impoundment Act doesn’t require the president to make any specific grant unless Congress specifically says so.
The Act says the president needs to seek recession: “Whenever the President determines that all or part of any budget authority will not be required to carry out the full objectives or scope of programs for which it is provided.”
Congress typically provides for these “programs” to be quite broad with a big bucket of funding. The president can’t just shut down a program and refuse to spend the money without seeking rescission, but nothing stops the president from canceling specific grants that the executive decides to make out of some larger program.
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoI understand your overall point, however, it's unclear what exactly is being canceled, so we don't know if it was specifically directed by congress or not (though I admit, in this case, it's likely not), nor is it clear that Trump ordered it, or is approving after the fact, or even knows about it at all. We can agree to disagree, but I do feel that this wasn't done via the legal methods proscribed by the laws, however, it's difficult to point to exactly what that is, given I'm not a lawyer, and it's just my personal opinion.
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