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FBaggins

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2. That isn't how the House controls purse strings

Reply to watoos (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 24, 2019, 10:11 PM

Apr 2019

They have no ability to say “no more money for George Smith”.

They could remove his position from their budget... but it would have no effect unless the Senate passed the same budget and the President signed it.

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Trump's goal isn't to win the cases, watoos Apr 2019 #1

That isn't how the House controls purse strings FBaggins Apr 2019 #2

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