Joshua Smith @smithmachine
Currently: Policy Director, @SenateBudget / @SenJeffMerkley. When I grow up: Major League Baseball-Playing Supreme Court Justice. Washington, DC Joined September 2008-
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"The Radical Left *are*"?!? Are we British now?
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Kagan, in dissent: The Constitution "gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws. If those laws require obligation of the money... then the Executive must comply." SCOTUS majority: No he doesn't because [garbled gibberish]
Kagan, in dissent: The Constitution "gives Congress the power to make spending decisions through the enactment of appropriations laws. If those laws require obligation of the money... then the Executive must comply." SCOTUS majority: No he doesn't because [garbled gibberish]
Nothing about this is true, and I think it is bad when someone lies to the President.
Nothing about this is true, and I think it is bad when someone lies to the President.
🚨Trump Administration Illegally Withheld Funding AGAIN, Government Watchdog Reports budget.senate.gov/ranking-member…
The Trump Administration broke the law when FEMA illegally withheld funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program the and Shelter and Services Program.
The Trump Administration broke the law when FEMA illegally withheld funding for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program the and Shelter and Services Program.
GAO this morning: Pocket rescissions? Still illegal. gao.gov/products/b-337…
GAO this morning: Pocket rescissions? Still illegal. gao.gov/products/b-337… https://t.co/Hbwglqdva0
🚨HUGE WIN: A federal court has confirmed what Ranking Member @SenJeffMerkley has been saying all along: Trump and Vought CANNOT trample on Congress's power of the purse and claw back approved funding with their illegal “pocket rescission.”
TL;DR: They can’t.
TL;DR: They can’t. https://t.co/aJR3AUOBsp
This quote from the Trump admin about its pocket rescissions couldn’t be more brazen. Pocket rescissions are an illegal way to ignore the will of Congress — which they feel comfortable saying out loud directly to the press.
Pocket rescissions aren't "rare" – they're **illegal** gao.gov/blog/what-pock…
Pocket rescissions aren't "rare" – they're **illegal** gao.gov/blog/what-pock… https://t.co/esLez4BIwJ
It's the golden age of 'Josh'!! Multiple guys named Josh run for president. There's Josh Allen. Josh wine is a top-seller. More Joshes than ever as govs (they even have a Josh group chat!) and in Congress. nbcnews.com/politics/polit… Read the definitive Josh story by @akarl_smith…
Idly thinking this again on this particular morning
Idly thinking this again on this particular morning

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