Rescission: Trump's Illegal Spending Plan

Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Russ Vought has indicated his intent to implement one or more “pocket rescissions”—an illegal budgetary maneuver that, ironically, misuses an aspect of the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) to permanently impound funds. This would irreversibly prevent funds that were appropriated by Congress and enacted by the president from being spent absent subsequent legislation. While there are many legal rescissions that happen every year, a pocket rescission is neither a rescission nor is it legal. Read Full Article »