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Trump's "pocket rescission" of $810 million in spending across several agencies, an appropriation Trump himself previously signed into law, is troubling, not because the spending in question is good, but because it strikes at Congress's constitutional power of the purse. [David Ditch, @cato.org]
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Congress Should Put an End to Pocket Rescissions
Congress has the power and responsibility to authorize and manage all aspects of federal spending. It should start acting like it.
