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Dennis Donovan

(29,634 posts) Tue Feb 11, 2025, 05:20 PM Feb 11

jbouie: my view is that as soon as the admin froze disbursement of appropriations, we entered a constitutional crisis

Max Kennerly
‪@maxkennerly.bsky.social‬
Yup. If the President can unilaterally stop Congressional appropriations, then we're past any 'guardrails.' Congress is now an advisory body; it does not control the power of the purse.

‪jamelle‬
‪@jamellebouie.net‬
1h
my view is that as soon as the administration froze disbursement of congressional appropriations we entered constitutional crisis territory

February 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM

Yep. We're in deep shit...

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jbouie: my view is that as soon as the admin froze disbursement of appropriations, we entered a constitutional crisis (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 11 OP

Congress can still cut the checks, what's really stopping them? Just because the admin froze disbursements? SWBTATTReg Feb 11 #1

Actually, as soon as an insurrectionist was sworn in returnee Feb 11 #2