White House mulls plan to slash spending from bill

[Swordsmyth]

The White House is eyeing a long-shot plan to slash spending from the $1.3 trillion budget bill signed reluctantly by President Donald Trump late last month. A spokesman for House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., confirmed Monday that McCarthy’s office is working with the Trump administration on the approach, which would evidently rely on an obscure 1974 law that allows presidents to try to cancel spending authority already approved by Congress.


The spokesman, Matt Sparks, said planning was in the early stages and there were no details.
It’s expected that the White House would send a request for the so-called “rescission” to Capitol Hill once Congress returns from its spring recess next week. However, Congress would need to approve the request, making it a long shot given all-but-certain Democratic opposition.


Trump threatened to veto the $1.3 trillion spending bill before ultimately signing it, but in the course of doing so he demanded a line-item veto, which has been ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

“Rescission authority” is a related mechanism that allows presidents to submit to Congress a request to cancel spending it has already approved. Under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Congress has 45 work days to approve the rescission request, according to the Congressional Recess Service. If Congress does not act, the money is made available.

More at: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/04/02/white-house-mulls-plan-to-slash-spending-from-bill/

[Zippyjuan]

He would need Congress to approve each item. If he did not like the budget, he should have vetoed it.

The Supreme Court has ruled a Line Item Veto (which Trump wants) would be unconstitutional.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30223.html


The Impoundment Control Act (ICA) constituted Title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-344, 99 Stat. 297). The ICA designated two categories of impoundments: deferrals, or temporary delays in funding availability, and rescissions, or permanent cancellations of budget authority. The act stipulated different procedures for congressional review and control of the two types of impoundment actions. In the case of a rescission, the ICA provided that the funds must be made available for obligation unless both houses of Congress took action to approve the rescission request of the President within 45 days of continuous session (not counting recesses of more than three days).

[goldenequity]

He would need Congress to approve each item. If he did not like the budget, he should have vetoed it.

The Supreme Court has ruled a Line Item Veto (which Trump wants) would be unconstitutional.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30223.html
zippster is right.

Re-purposing $700B DoD funding is a MUCH better post bill plan of action.

[RonZeplin]

Rescission

Schumer might give him a circumcision, but that's the only cut that Trump is going to get out of congress.

[nikcers]

Must be tough to be a conservative in Trumps administration. As Tim Minchin would say like being a peace loving speech writer in George Bush's administration. How do we stop the government from getting everything they want when there is no opposition party?

[Superfluous Man]

Schumer might give him a circumcision, but that's the only cut that Trump is going to get out of congress.

Supposedly Trump gives out big tips.