Trump Threatens to Take Over Congress's Powers in Budget War

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Source: The New Republic

Trump Threatens to Take Over Congress’s Powers in Budget War

Hafiz Rashid
Fri, May 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM EDT 2 min read

Donald Trump has just sent Republicans in Congress a budget proposal that cuts nearly everything, and if they don’t like it, he says he’ll withhold cash that they approve, setting up a constitutional crisis.

The budget proposal, released Friday, would slash nearly every federal program by $163 billion, except for defense spending, which would remain flat. Many Republicans are already unhappy with it, but the White House may not heed their concerns. One official in the Office of Management and Budget told Politico that the administration wouldn’t rule out impoundment, or overriding Congress’s decision by withholding funding it has already approved.

“We’re working with Congress to see what they will pass, and I believe that they have an interest in passing cuts,” said the official.

Such a move would violate the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which Trump and his allies have called unconstitutional. The law prevents the president from withholding money allocated by Congress or using it for different purposes. Trump attempting to impound funds in this way would be a direct challenge to the Constitution’s separation of powers, and could result in a legal fight that ends up in front of the Supreme Court.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-threatens-congress-don-t-185816493.html

[Nictuku]

1. Combine that with Stephen Miller Suing Chief Justice Roberts to take control of the Judiciary's Management

My eyes are Wide Open here. This is nothing less than a complete Coup attempt.

The Judiciary is managed by the "AO" the Administrative Office in Washington DC, which is overseen by the US Judicial Conference (this is the Chief Judge of each Circuit). Judicial Policies and Directives to the Federal Judges and Court Staff are all administrated internally in this way.

Stephen Miller wants those to be managed by the Executive Branch. There is a big reason for this, which is in the Constitution, concerning the Separation of Powers.

So here we have the fascists attempting to take over both the Congress AND the Courts.

No Judges should even approve anything at all like this, and then we have the weak Lilly-Livered Republican Congress who should have freaking Impeached and Removed the Menace to the Country from office.

The saddest thing? Our Dumbed-Down Electorate wouldn't see anything at all wrong with this attempt to Destroy the Constitution and the Rule of Law that keeps this Country Free.

Idiots

All the people involved took this oath (Judges and Congress):

“I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

[Iamscrewed]

2. Impeach

He has repeatedly and consistently violated the oath of office pure an simple.

[Orrex]

3. If only Repugs could pry their lips from his asshole long enough to impeach him

[turbinetree]

4. That would expose their lip gloss................

[paleotn]

5. Not surprising. Is anyone surprised?

I was surprised the regime even bothered going to Congress.

[PurgedVoter]

6. A Writ of Mandamus needs to be Ajudicated.

The argument that Krasnov has demonstrated repeated attempts to circumvent constitutionally mandated decision of power so often that it is necessary that any Executive orders be cleared as constitutional by the courts before it is allowed.