Agencies told to plan Trump's next budget in another sign of election defiance

[sabra]

Source: Press Herald/WP

WASHINGTON — The White House budget office has instructed federal agencies to continue preparing the administration’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year, according to multiple administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to share details of private conversations.

The White House budget proposal is typically issued in February, which would be at least two weeks after President Trump is scheduled to depart the White House. He lost the Nov. 3 election to Joe Biden and Biden is set to be sworn in on Jan. 20, 2021, though Trump has refused to accept the results.

The decision to proceed with Trump’s budget for the 2022 fiscal year has rankled and surprised several career staffers given Biden’s victory in the presidential election, as well as the fact that the incoming Biden administration is expected to submit its budget plan to Congress early next year.

The insistence on budget planning, even though Trump won’t be in office to offer a budget in February, is part of a recent pattern of behavior from White House officials and senior political appointees that have shown a rejection of the election results.

Read more: https://www.pressherald.com/2020/11/10/white-house-tells-federal-agencies-to-adhere-to-plans-for-trumps-february-budget-in-latest-sign-of-election-defiance/

[still_one]

1. The House will tell them to shove it

[mpcamb]

18. I think that the House can do a lot to muffle the venom they're spewing.

Put cabinet members in front of a committee.
Make 'acting' heads of agencies embarrass themselves in front of committees.
Subpoena others. Make 'em sit and answer questions on the record.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. So a bunch of federal employees will spend the next couple of months

jerking Trump off at our expense.

[Captain Zero]

15. yes instead of helping with the transition...

nt

[onecaliberal]

3. The House needs to put an end to this.

[kurtcagle]

4. Ooooh, I bet some of those proposals will be interesting reading

Career civil servants don't like getting caught up in politics, and by and large dislike Trump anyway.

[BlueIdaho]

5. Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic.

Apparently the circle jerk has been re-scheduled to Thursday.

[nykym]

6. It will never

see the light of day in the house.

[Qutzupalotl]

7. All part of the grift

to keep donations to retire his campaign debt coming from low info voters. Kabuki theater.

[Kashkakat v.2.0]

8. OK - zero them all out then! DEFUND Trump budget, problem solved. nt

[Fiendish Thingy]

9. Pelosi should shut down the government on Dec. 11 if this BS is still ongoing

Continuing budget resolution expires Dec. 11 - Pelosi can shut it all down if they continue this nonsense.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. She probably won't have anything to do with that because that would be 45's last hurrah.

"MERRY CHRISTMAS YOU DEEP STATE LIBS WHO WILL NOW BE WITHOUT A PAYCHECK!!!11!1!!"
(and Turtle will go right along with it)

[Demsrule86]

10. Pathetic loser. Jake Tapper just said 'they are coddling him like the he is a toddler who lost his

pet turtle".

[BumRushDaShow]

11. "has rankled and surprised"

I wish to hell that these people would fucking stop being "rankled and surprised". He has been extremely consistent for the past 4 years at NOT following any previous traditions and conventions. They keep wishing and hoping and cajoling but it will NEVER happen.

They need to prepare plans for the fact that he won't follow protocol.

[Habibi]

13. Can they strike? nt

[BumRushDaShow]

14. No.

And I expect that since this wouldn't be due until February, they will slow-walk it and the clueless appointees will make up their own numbers.

If anything, all budgets are DOA when they hit Congress but they are used as tools by the various committees to determine what the priorities seem to be, and those will be calibrated and adjusted by Congress.

[Habibi]

16. Thanks. *sigh*

[BumRushDaShow]

17. The last time federal workers went on strike

Raygun made quick work of them and it took 20 years to get the staffing and experience levels back to where they were before they were removed.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

19. Good. Keep them busy with make-work, less mischief. . . nt

[marie999]

20. Most of the people preparing the budget are career civil servants.

There isn't any reason for them not to start working on the budget. I'm sure it takes a couple of months for the different agencies to complete their budgets.