The president can propose funding for whatever projects he wants, but Congress ultimately decides where to direct the American people’s tax dollars. The ICA grants presidents limited ability to cut or delay any spending appropriated by Congress. ADADIn fiscal 2019, Congress appropriated $250 million in military assistance for Ukraine, a U.S. ally, through the Defense Department, and Trump signed that assistance into law. The president chose to delay that aid, violating the law, because he viewed his political interests as more important. And on Thursday we took yet another oath to do “impartial justice according to the Constitution.” Will the Senate now defend the Constitution’s carefully balanced separation of powers?

Source: Washington Post January 17, 2020 00:45 UTC