It is simply outrageous that the Manchurian Cantaloupe is refusing to spend money the Congress specifically ordered be spent.
The power of the purse resides in Congress, not 1600 Penn. The US Constitution is clear on this point, as is about 150 years of US Supreme Court precedents. Here's the latest -- and able DC USDC Judge has given Trump until Thursday to explain why he is violating both the will of Congress -- and a previously-entered USDC injunction, here:
. . .The Court agrees that, for the roughly $6.5 billion not proposed for rescission and not subject to the partial stay, it would raise an issue of compliance with the injunction if Defendants were to refuse to spend those funds in accordance with the purposes set out by Congress. . . .
For these reasons, Plaintiffs’ motion for an order to show cause, ECF No. 151, is granted in part. . . .
By September 25, 2025, Defendants shall file a summary of foreign aid funds expiring September 30, 2025, in pre-2024 appropriations acts. The summary shall include the same information provided as to the 2024 act in ECF No. 145-1. As in that summary, and in light of the rescission proposal and the partial stay, Defendants may note where appropriate that all expiring unobligated funds for a particular appropriation are included in the rescission proposal. . . .
Now you know. Onward, grinning.
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