Trump Signs Covid Stimulus and Spending Bill

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  1. Marchmaine says:

    Article forgot to mention that he signed it with the Gr8t Kr4ken of Line-Item V3toes.Report

    • I’m losing track of how many times I’ve written this morning: formal rescission request in accordance with the Impoundment Control Act of 1974. Badly described by Trump, but entirely normal as executed by his staff. From FY1974 through FY2008, presidents made over 1,100 such requests.Report

      • Marchmaine in reply to Michael Cain says:

        Fair enough… a recission that requires Congressional approval within 45-days or becomes moot in this case is a lot like a line-item veto: wishful thinking misleadingly packaged-up for purely internal consumption.

        Or do you see Congress turning some of the recissions into law? Now that would be interesting indeed.Report

        • Jaybird in reply to Marchmaine says:

          Someone pointed out that there were a number of Congresspeople who voted against the bill in the first place who went on to vote to overturn the veto.

          Which invites a handful of interesting questions, I guess.Report

          • InMD in reply to Jaybird says:

            I think it’s straightforward. They thought it was a bad deal at vote 1 then decided any deal was better than no deal when it became clear that the GOP was not with Trump.Report