goldenequity
04-05-2018, 04:36 PM
Still 'active' and on the current drawing boards...
Any/each Presidential Omnibus 'rescission' would be a 'request' and would require Congressional approval.
If they agree to vote (1st hurdle)
then a simple majority can approve/disapprove. (2nd hurdle)
I say go for it.
WH Considers Using Obscure Law To Gut Omnibus Bill, Democrats Helpless To Stop
https://conservativetribune.com/wh-considers-using-obscure-law-to-gut-omnibus-bill-democrats-helpless-to-stop/
The Impoundment Control Act allows the president to ask Congress to rescind funds that have been allocated in the budget.
Congress is not required to vote on the request, but if they do agree to vote, a simple majority in both chambers
is all that is needed to approve cuts the president requests.
Congress has 45 days to approve any or all rescission requests from the president.
The Impoundment Control Act was put in place in 1974 in response
to President Richard Nixon’s practice of withholding funds for programs he opposed.
Instead, the act requires any requests to withhold funding to go through Congress.
The Impoundment Control Act is considered obscure because it hasn’t been used often in recent years.
The Examiner report says it was never used by Presidents Barack Obama or George W. Bush,
but was used frequently during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
These measures could pass with just a majority vote, meaning Democrats could do nothing to stop them —
unless, of course, they can convince enough Republicans not to support the president’s wishes.
Considering the slim 51-to-49 majority Republicans hold in the Senate, it wouldn’t take many left-leaning Republicans to foil the president’s plans.
But a chance to rescind some of the budget programs gives conservatives reason for hope —
and if Republicans throw away that chance, it will make conservatives angry all over again.
Any/each Presidential Omnibus 'rescission' would be a 'request' and would require Congressional approval.
If they agree to vote (1st hurdle)
then a simple majority can approve/disapprove. (2nd hurdle)
I say go for it.
WH Considers Using Obscure Law To Gut Omnibus Bill, Democrats Helpless To Stop
https://conservativetribune.com/wh-considers-using-obscure-law-to-gut-omnibus-bill-democrats-helpless-to-stop/
The Impoundment Control Act allows the president to ask Congress to rescind funds that have been allocated in the budget.
Congress is not required to vote on the request, but if they do agree to vote, a simple majority in both chambers
is all that is needed to approve cuts the president requests.
Congress has 45 days to approve any or all rescission requests from the president.
The Impoundment Control Act was put in place in 1974 in response
to President Richard Nixon’s practice of withholding funds for programs he opposed.
Instead, the act requires any requests to withhold funding to go through Congress.
The Impoundment Control Act is considered obscure because it hasn’t been used often in recent years.
The Examiner report says it was never used by Presidents Barack Obama or George W. Bush,
but was used frequently during the administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
These measures could pass with just a majority vote, meaning Democrats could do nothing to stop them —
unless, of course, they can convince enough Republicans not to support the president’s wishes.
Considering the slim 51-to-49 majority Republicans hold in the Senate, it wouldn’t take many left-leaning Republicans to foil the president’s plans.
But a chance to rescind some of the budget programs gives conservatives reason for hope —
and if Republicans throw away that chance, it will make conservatives angry all over again.