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White House moves to seize Congress's power of the purse
Original: White House takes radical new steps to wrest the power of the purse from Congress
The White House is taking what are described as radical new steps to wrest the power of the purse from Congress, according to reporting from MS NOW. The power of the purse—the constitutional authority to control federal spending—is vested in the legislative branch, so any move by the executive to redirect or withhold appropriated funds raises serious separation-of-powers questions and is likely to provoke legal and political challenges on Capitol Hill.
Why now: A reported challenge to Congress's constitutional control of spending strikes at the heart of US separation of powers.
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