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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mstdn.social/users/GottaLaff/statuses/113907392037678123">Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 03:57:55 JST</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff" title="gottalaff@mstdn.social"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/320172-48-20250122082050.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Laffy" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Laffy</a></section><article><p>Um...</p><p>Via Steve Vladeck:</p><p>Just the &lt;checks notes&gt; Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”</p><p>The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.</p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4466544#notice-8743596">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-01-29T03:57:55+09:00" title="Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 03:57:55 JST">about 3 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/113907392037678123" rel="external" title="Sent from mstdn.social via ActivityPub">mstdn.social</a></span></span><a href="https://mstdn.social/@GottaLaff/113907392037678123">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4037743">Manu Raju:Talked to a bunch of House Rs this AM in Doral about the WH move to freeze federal aid. Many are defending Trump — including the chairman of House Appropriations Committee, Tom Cole, who told me he doesn’t “have a problem” with the White House decision pause the aid. “I think that’s probably what you ought to do when you’re coming in as a new administration,” he said. When asked about the legality of the White House directing agencies not to spend money appropriated by Congress, Cole called it a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight” and noted that appropriations directed by Congress are “not a law.” “I’m not a lawyer, | can’t pontificate on what’s legal but | suspect what’s happening is what most Republicans would be supportive of,” he said. “Appropriations is not a law, it’s the directive of Congress.” “The lawyers disagree about what’s law and what’s not. Right know, | think it’s a legitimate exercise of executive oversight in areas they now control,” he added.</a></label><br><a href="https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/907/389/954/835/140/original/9db3255d8321de36.jpeg" rel="external">https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/907/389/954/835/140/original/9db3255d8321de36.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Laffy (gottalaff@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Jan-2025 03:57:55 JST Laffy
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Via Steve Vladeck:
Just the <checks notes> Chair of the House Appropriations Committee going on the record to say that appropriations statutes “are not a law.”
The United States Congress, ladies and gentlemen.
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1. Manu Raju: Talked to a bunch of House Rs this AM in Doral about the WH move to freeze federal aid. Many are defending Trump — including the chairman of House Appropriations Committee, Tom Cole, who told me he doesn’t “have a problem” with the White House decision pause the aid. “I think that’s probably what you ought to do when you’re coming in as a new administration,” he said. When asked about the legality of the White House directing agencies not to spend money appropriated by Congress, Cole called it a “legitimate exercise of executive oversight” and noted that appropriations directed by Congress are “not a law.” “I’m not a lawyer, | can’t pontificate on what’s legal but | suspect what’s happening is what most Republicans would be supportive of,” he said. “Appropriations is not a law, it’s the directive of Congress.” “The lawyers disagree about what’s law and what’s not. Right know, | think it’s a legitimate exercise of executive oversight in areas they now control,” he added.
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