Rep. Jamie Raskin

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Congress—and only Congress—passes budgets. Because the president's job is to take care the laws are faithfully executed, he must spend the money as directed. Trump's "pocket recissions” are lawless and absurd. If a president opposes legislative spending decisions, he can veto

NBC News

NBC News

The White House informed Congress of its plans to cut $4.9 billion in foreign aid funding through a seldom-used budgetary tactic dubbed “pocket rescissions,” two congressional sources tell NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-pocket-rescissions-slash-foreign-aid-congress-rcna227973?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma&taid=68b1e5f565047c0001bb3d0c&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter