White House considers plan to slash spending from budget bill

[highplainsdem]

Source: WaPo

The White House is eyeing a long-shot plan to slash spending from the $1.3 trillion budget bill signed reluctantly by President Trump late last month.

A spokesman for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) confirmed Monday that McCarthy’s office is working with the Trump administration on the approach, which would evidently rely on an obscure 1974 law that allows presidents to try to cancel spending authority already approved by Congress.

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“Rescission authority” is a related mechanism that allows presidents to submit to Congress a request to cancel spending it has already approved. Under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Congress has 45 workdays to approve the rescission request, according to the Congressional Research Service. If Congress does not act, the money is made available.

Despite support from conservatives for a White House attempt to reduce domestic spending it deems unnecessary, any such plan would have trouble getting through the Senate, where the GOP holds a slim 51-to-49 majority, and even some Republicans might be reluctant to go along.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/white-house-considers-plan-to-slash-spending-from-budget-bill/2018/04/02/f4ff99c0-36b8-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html

[arithia]

1. well that explains it

Trumps comment about killing the filibuster over immigration on Sunday seemed out of left field. On march 25th, Mnuchin commented that they should give the president a line item veto.

I guess this is what they are up to. Cut whatever they want. Anything.

[machoneman]

2. It won't fly.

Simply, no way even Senate Republiscums would ever allow this move since it would forever give up one of their few unadulterated powers to the Executive for all time. Can you imagine if this did ever fly no budget approved by Congress, regardless of the party or # of votes, would ever be safe again!

[zentrum]

3. But meantime, they'll

…try to normalize through constantly repeated rhetoric that it's essential to slash Medicare and Social Security.

[videohead5]

4. Talk about pointless

This is never going to happen.

[cstanleytech]

5. Sounds like an end-run to do a line item veto which the courts have already tossed out.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. More ideas to subvert Congress and democracy. Dictatorship is on

the way. The Supreme Leader will make all decisions.

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. Kick (nt)