Trump ‘Broke’ Impoundment Law Opposed by Jefferson, Lincoln, JFK, Clinton, and Obama

The blatant bias displayed by "unbiased" bureaucrats is
astounding

"The Government Accountability Office (GAO) this morning announced the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) – ostensibly under the direction of President Trump – broke the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) by not releasing funds appropriated by Congress for Ukraine.

But the ICA is scarcely an unchallenged piece of legislation, and indeed has faced pushback from the most liberal-left of presidents, and its premise has been undermined by America’s greatest historic figures.

The third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson, was the first to push back against Congress’ power of appropriation, which the ICA further legally enshrined:

…Jefferson established the first faint outline of what years later became a major controversy. Reporting that $50,000 in funds which Congress had appropriated for fifteen gunboats on the Mississippi remained unexpended, the President stated that a “favorable and peaceful turn of affairs on the Mississippi rendered an immediate execution of the law unnecessary… .” But he was not refusing to expend the money, only delaying action to obtain improved gunboats; a year later, he told Congress that the money was being spent and gun-boats were being obtained.

Sound familiar?

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It’s the same behavior President Trump is now accused of breaking the law over. A power that most U.S. governors still retain, and a power the Mayor of Washington, D.C. still has."

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