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In roughly this sense, the President detains funds in the treasury rather than spending them as appropriated. The first use of the power by President Thomas Jefferson involved refusal to spend $50,000 ($1.24 million in 2023) in funds appropriated for the acquisition of gunboats for the United States Navy. He said in 1803 that "[t]he sum of ...
Early in American history, Thomas Jefferson claimed the power to “impound” and refuse to spend money appropriated by Congress. Other presidents occasionally did this, though it always was of ...
President Donald Trump ordered a temporary freeze on all federal grants, loans and financial assistance on Jan. 27. ... City of New York in 1975 that presidents cannot impound funds authorized by ...
How Donald Trump could try to use presidential impoundment to cut federal spending.
While past presidents have tried to impound -- or hold back -- federal funding in specific cases, Trump's directive to indefinitely freeze financial assistance, grants and loans and foreign aid ...
In late November 2019, the Impoundment Control Act made news during the Trump impeachment investigation, when two budget office staffers resigned over their concerns over apparent improprieties regarding the hold of approved Ukraine military funds. Among the concerns was the questionable transfer of decision-making authority to Michael Duffey ...
Trump’s legal team would argue that the “Constitution gives the President a right to impound funds” and cite how Thomas Jefferson halted funding for gunboats to patrol the Mississippi River ...
Trump has called for presidential authority to 'impound' funds for Congressionally appropriated programs, a practice which was outlawed under President Richard Nixon. Trump promised to order the Justice Department to investigate political rivals and Joe Biden, and fire Attorneys General who disobeyed him. [136]