The label says reform. The pocket says theft.
An executive pocket stuffed with Congress's approved refugee services, while the administration calls it cutting the 'most harmful' spending.
Source article: Trump deploys pocket rescission to cancel nearly $1bn in approved funding.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- politics
- Primary entities
- Donald Trump, Office of Management and Budget, Susan Collins, Patty Murray, Government Accountability Office, Russell Vought, U.S. Supreme Court
- Themes
- executive-legislative-relations, federal-budget-process, appropriations-power
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power