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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by UltraSane on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @01:59PM (#42936965)
The US President does NOT have the authority to refuse spending money that Congress has approved.
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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by epicureanideal on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @05:27PM (#42939903)
Apparently they do?

Something called impoundment?

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S3-3-7/...

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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by UltraSane on Wednesday February 05, 2025 @06:47AM (#42947196)
No, the executive branch absolutely does not have the power to just refuse to spend money that Congress has approved or spend money that it has NOT approved. This is the basis for The Iran Contra Affair.
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