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Also the courts that let him get away with it. That said Congress can and does sometimes make the funding less discretionary. They can mandate expenditures. An
by softwaredoug 3mo ago
Also the courts that let him get away with it.
That said Congress can and does sometimes make the funding less discretionary. They can mandate expenditures. And make withholding legal funds personally painful for OMB. They also haven’t don’t this yet.
- sseagull 3mo agoCongress does mandate things, but then never enforces it. See https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashes-research-programs-support-new-tech-initiative-insiders-say https://www.science.org/content/article/exclusive-nsf-slashe... (Long story short, the administration is slashing the budgets of various NSF divisions to make room X-Labs, despite the Congressional budget stating that is not allowed)