Trump's signing statements on CV legislation 👀

[Dennis Donovan]

Kyle Cheney ✔@kyledcheney

JUST IN: Trump signing statement on coronavirus bill says he’ll override a provision requiring the newly created inspector general to report to Congress any time agencies refuse to give him/her requested info.



Signing statement also says Trump will ignore requirements that congressional committees be consulted before reallocating funds.



And the statement also indicates Trump will treat as optional a provision requiring that Congress be consulted about the staffing of the new Pandemic Response Accountability Committee.





6:25 PM - Mar 27, 2020

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[elleng]

1. FFS!!!

[LiberalFighter]

2. Impeach the SOB

[procon]

3. Isn't that special.

Nancy Pelosi will not let this go unchallenged.

[uponit7771]

7. What can she do? thx in advance

[Zoonart]

9. "Congressional agandizement"?

[Laelth]

4. Nice. Just override all the anti-corruption provisions with a signing statement.

Turd! You stink, and these signing statements are the proof.

k&r for exposure.



-Laelth

[C_U_L8R]

5. Doesn't mean shit.

Go ahead and break the law, Spanky. See where it gets you.

[D_Master81]

13. Probably where it has already

With a 48% approval rating

[uponit7771]

6. So Trump can just skip the law and that's it ?! Thx in advance

[green88]

8. Is that legal? How does this work?

[dewsgirl]

10. Of course this POS did.

[Ferrets are Cool]

11. Someone smarter than me please explain...if this is true, we are truly a dictatorship.

[dweller]

12. line item vetos ?

Congress attempted to grant this power to the president by the Line Item Veto Act of 1996 to control "pork barrel spending", but in 1998 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the act to be unconstitutional in a 6–3 decision in Clinton v. City of New York.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_Item_Veto_Act_of_1996

unless something has changed?

✌🏼

[LastDemocratInSC]

14. Classic bait and switch just to get the money allocated.

[Volaris]

15. Who the fuck decided that signing statements were the same as line item vetos?

Oh yeah. Dick Cheney. Good thing then that he sat on the SC when that piece of legislation was thrown the fuck out as unconstitutional.