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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums'It will create a firestorm': Mulvaney's border wall cash grab sparks dissent in White House
The pitfalls of a plan for Trump to shift federal dollars without an emergency declaration are coming into clearer view.
The White House is firming up plans to redirect unspent federal dollars as a way of funding President Donald Trumps border wall without taking the dramatic step of invoking a national emergency.
Done by executive order, this plan would allow the White House to shift money from different budgetary accounts without congressional approval, circumventing Democrats who refuse to give Trump anything like the $5.7 billion he has demanded. Nor would it require a controversial emergency declaration.
The emerging consensus among acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and top budget officials is to shift money from two Army Corps of Engineers flood control projects in Northern California, as well as from disaster relief funds intended for California and Puerto Rico. The plan will also tap unspent Department of Defense funds for military construction, like family housing or infrastructure for military bases, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/mick-mulvaney-border-wall-funds-1163996
The White House is firming up plans to redirect unspent federal dollars as a way of funding President Donald Trumps border wall without taking the dramatic step of invoking a national emergency.
Done by executive order, this plan would allow the White House to shift money from different budgetary accounts without congressional approval, circumventing Democrats who refuse to give Trump anything like the $5.7 billion he has demanded. Nor would it require a controversial emergency declaration.
The emerging consensus among acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and top budget officials is to shift money from two Army Corps of Engineers flood control projects in Northern California, as well as from disaster relief funds intended for California and Puerto Rico. The plan will also tap unspent Department of Defense funds for military construction, like family housing or infrastructure for military bases, according to three sources familiar with the negotiations.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/mick-mulvaney-border-wall-funds-1163996
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'It will create a firestorm': Mulvaney's border wall cash grab sparks dissent in White House (Original Post)
demmiblue
Feb 2019
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spanone
(135,632 posts)1. so they will steal money from Puerto Rico and California...2 places trump hates
tazkcmo
(7,286 posts)2. And the military.
Another group he hates.
malaise
(267,800 posts)3. This is heading straight to court
Please proceed assholes
atreides1
(16,046 posts)4. Yes they will
But as you can see there are no plans to take money from North and South Carolina, or Texas...three red states!!!
NCjack
(10,279 posts)5. McConnell hey-u-guy-look. Sets a precedent that a future DEM prez will use. Sucker. nt