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mothballed 4 days ago

I don't think the executive can make those kind of financial decisions without authorization of congress, no?

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Slartie 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

You mean like this executive also couldn't kick off an all-out war and keep it going for months without authorization of congress?

	▲	stogot 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		Congress preauthorized in War Powers 1973 and 2001 AUMF, which was never been revoked after decades. The Iraq AUMF was revoked recently though. These need to be revoked. Congress delegated their power to the executive

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LtWorf 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The executive cannot start wars either and yet…

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dofm 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Oh you're right, that'll definitely stop them /s

ETA: even a very hypothetical landslide Democratic Congress is substantially hands-tied over this deal. It's terrible and wasteful but going back on it is impossible.