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2018-03-25 Home Front: Politix

The President has notified Congress that he's invoking the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.

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Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-03-25 11:10|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Is this for real? If so, I am even more impressed by this president. There is a chance Ryan and McConnell were in on it, but I doubt it.

Posted by Iblis 2018-03-25 12:29|| 2018-03-25 12:29|| Front Page Top

#2 dailytimewaster site name should give it away

Posted by Frank G 2018-03-25 12:44|| 2018-03-25 12:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Like Anon and LL point out, it appears he's setting things up for some controlled spending, but we will have to wait and see how this turns out in practice. It's certainly a good sign, however.

Line Item Vito Lite ?

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-25 12:45|| 2018-03-25 12:45|| Front Page Top

#4 All this and Darth Bolton too!

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-03-25 12:49|| 2018-03-25 12:49|| Front Page Top

#5 ....Veto *#&#*@&@!!!

Posted by Besoeker 2018-03-25 12:50|| 2018-03-25 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 Line Item Vito would be a good hitman moniker...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-25 13:01|| 2018-03-25 13:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Don Vito Lite

Posted by SteveS 2018-03-25 13:02|| 2018-03-25 13:02|| Front Page Top

#8 The site's name is dailytimewaster but it links to a letter on www.whitehouse.gov.

I guess I'll have to wait and see what it means later.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2018-03-25 13:55|| 2018-03-25 13:55|| Front Page Top

#9 Comes from the White House, but we need the OMB memo to see what is affected.

PDT has called up Gram-Rudman from the vasty deep. But will it come?

See the Legacy section at my link.

Posted by KBK 2018-03-25 14:02|| 2018-03-25 14:02|| Front Page Top

#10 See the Legacy section at my link.

From KBK's link:
It was noted: "Once Congress passes legislation, it can influence only its execution by passing new laws or through impeachment."

No mention of whinging or tweeting like little girls. This is gonna be fun!

Posted by SteveS 2018-03-25 14:08|| 2018-03-25 14:08|| Front Page Top

#11 Anything is better than This

Posted by newc 2018-03-25 14:24|| 2018-03-25 14:24|| Front Page Top

#12 This will be fun. He outmaneuvered the lot. Trump marches on.

Posted by Dale 2018-03-25 14:34|| 2018-03-25 14:34|| Front Page Top

#13 I had problems posting this on Facebook. Had to send as a private message.

Posted by Dale 2018-03-25 14:47|| 2018-03-25 14:47|| Front Page Top

#14 it can influence only its execution by passing new laws
Term is more restrictive than it needs to be. How about "it can influence its execution only by passing new laws, or by amending / repealing old laws" etc. Congress has largely abdicated its primary duty of legislation for the greater duties of fund raising and self-re-election.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-03-25 14:58|| 2018-03-25 14:58|| Front Page Top

#15 He twitted this earlier..

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump
9h9 hours ago

Because of the $700 & $716 Billion Dollars gotten to rebuild our Military, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. Building a great Border Wall, with drugs (poison) and enemy combatants pouring into our Country, is all about National Defense. Build WALL through M!

Posted by BrerRabbit 2018-03-25 15:31|| 2018-03-25 15:31|| Front Page Top

#16 My favorite part will be when some outfit like planned parenthood wastes a ton of money in court trying to get "their" money...

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-03-25 15:41|| 2018-03-25 15:41|| Front Page Top

#17 ^ THIS

Posted by Frank G 2018-03-25 16:32|| 2018-03-25 16:32|| Front Page Top

#18 Perhaps it is really easy for President Trump to throw back at this cabal/coterie/gaggle what's already been passed. And, there are soooo many geezers in both houses of Congress that were around then that I'm sure many/most of them voted for it.

Posted by Clem 2018-03-25 16:56|| 2018-03-25 16:56|| Front Page Top

#19 Prompted by Snowy Thing’s comment, I followed the link to the White House site, which does indeed say exactly what is presented. Then I clicked on the Budget tab, which has two posts for March 23rd. Herewith the second:

Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate
March 23, 2018
Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)

In accordance with section 6 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 1625; the “Act”), I hereby designate for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism all funding (including the rescission of funds) and contributions from foreign governments so designated by the Congress in the Act pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as outlined in the enclosed list of accounts.

The details of this action are set forth in the enclosed memorandum from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

Sincerely,

DONALD J. TRUMP

Posted by trailing wife 2018-03-25 18:00|| 2018-03-25 18:00|| Front Page Top

#20 "...is all about National Defense."

I did not see this coming. And, I suspect, neither did Schumer or Pelosi.

Huzzah!

Posted by Anomalous Sources 2018-03-25 18:51|| 2018-03-25 18:51|| Front Page Top

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