Trump may try to pay for the wall by plundering billions meant for housing America's troops: report
Source: Raw Story
BRAD REED
08 JAN 2019 AT 12:55 ET
If President Donald Trump declares a national emergency on Tuesday night and tries to bypass Congress to build his border wall, how will he be able to do it?
One congressional aide tells the Wall Street Journal that Trump may be able to squeeze $13.3 billion from the Pentagon’s budget in order to pay for wall construction even though that money had been allocated for “projects such as military housing that Congress previously authorized.”
However, Trump’s emergency order redirecting congressional funds for the wall is likely to be immediately challenged in court, as the Constitution explicitly states that Congress — not the president — has power to decide how taxpayer money is spent.
According to the Journal’s analysis, “one federal law states that when there is a declaration of war or a national emergency requiring the armed forces to respond, the secretary of defense can ‘undertake military construction projects… that are necessary to support such use of the armed forces’ from the Pentagon construction budget” without congressional approval.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/trump-may-try-pay-wall-plundering-billions-meant-housing-americas-troops-report/?utm_source=push_notifications
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They have done their part. Mitch is trying to bring an opened bag of Bugles to the potluck while complaining that the people who brought food aren't doing anything. The ball is in Republican hands. They need to produce a bill, which then can be reconciled with the House bill (which is the Senate bill from a month ago).
