Trump chips away at Congress' role in coronavirus relief oversight

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Trump chips away at Congress' role in coronavirus relief oversight
The $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill establishes a "special inspector general" to review and investigate loan decisions made by the treasury secretary.
By KYLE CHENEY
03/27/2020 08:15 PM EDT


President Donald Trump intends to ignore provisions in the newly passed $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill intended to shore up Congress' oversight of the massive rescue program.

The legislation establishes a "special inspector general" to review and investigate loan decisions made by the treasury secretary as part of the coronavirus relief effort, an accountability measure that was a central part of Democrats' demands to shore up transparency in the bill. The provision requires the inspector general to notify Congress if he or she is "unreasonably refused or not provided" any information.

But in a signing statement issued shortly after he approved the bill, Trump says he'll be the last word on whether this provision is followed.

"I do not understand, and my Administration will not treat, this provision as permitting the [inspector general] to issue reports to the Congress without the presidential supervision required" by Article II of the Constitution, Trump said in the signing statement.

Trump also indicated he would treat as optional a requirement in the bill that key congressional committees be consulted before Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of State or U.S. Agency for International Development spends or reallocates certain funds.

"These provisions are impermissible forms of congressional aggrandizement with respect to the execution of the laws," Trump says in the statement.

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/27/trump-congress-coronavirus-relief-oversight-152560

[eShirl]

1. he doesn't have the power to legislate, nor a line-item veto

he can go eat shit

[jimfields33]

2. Last two presidents used these quite a bit.

Courts will be involved. At least will temporarily stop trump until court decides which could take a year.

[uponit7771]

4. +1, US court system is kink in constitution ... They can take they're time leaving country with mad

[uponit7771]

3. K&R, Trump is now richer than Putin