Impoundment Control Act: Trump Budget Chief's Nomination Ignites Constitutional Debate

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Impoundment Control Act: Trump Budget Chief's Nomination Ignites Constitutional Debate
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The nomination of Russell Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has sparked a power struggle over government spending, raising concerns about a constitutional crisis. Both President Trump and Vought argue that the 1974 Impoundment Control Act, which reasserts Congress' power of the purse, is unconstitutional. However, legal experts warn that the courts have consistently upheld the act's constitutionality, barring the executive branch from unilaterally withholding appropriated funds.

A power struggle concerning government spending is heating up in Washington, D.C., igniting what some Senate Democrats call a 'constitutional crisis' amid the Trump administration’s efforts to curb government waste. The conflict stems from President Donald Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget , Russell Vought, and was exacerbated when the Trump administration announced it would freeze federal grants and loans on Jan. 27 in an OMB memo.

' TRUMP TREASURY PICK: EXTENDING TRUMP TAX CUTS ‘SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC ISSUE’ Other legal experts agreed that should the Trump administration attempt to withhold funds, the courts would step in and assert that there is no legal basis to do so. That is because this is not a murky legal issue, according to Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck. 'There are contested issues of constitutional law, but this just isn't one of them,' Vladeck told Fox News Digital.

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