White House Explores Unconventional Funding Strategies Amid GOP Concerns
TL;DR
The White House proposes using 'pocket rescissions' to withhold federal funds before the new fiscal year, a move criticized as illegal by watchdogs and opposed by many GOP lawmakers, creating tension over presidential spending powers and congressional authority.
- White House floats a new funding trick — and GOP lawmakers grimace Politico
- White House Eyes Rarely Used Power to Override Congress on Spending nytimes.com
- 'Undermines Congress': GOP lawmakers sound alarm over this new White House proposal AlterNet
- Trump considering little used 'pocket rescission' to overrun his own Congress: report AlterNet
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