One more thing Trump needs to do: Undo the 1974 Budget Act

[CrusaderFrank]

In the middle of impeachment proceedings against Nixon, the democrat Party > Country took the opportunity to tip the balance of Constitutional power in the favor of Congress. That move, combined with leaving the gold standard, has been responsible for the deficits and decline in the value of the dollar and purchasing power

"Budget and Impoundment Control Act becomes law, July 12, 1974. On this day in 1974, the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act went into effect when lawmakers overrode President Richard Nixon's veto. The act created the House and Senate budget committees and the Congressional Budget Office."

budget impoundment act ap gov - Google Search

How's that whole Congressional Budget Office working out for us?

 

[sparky]

The Act had two main goals: (1) strengthen and centralize Congress' budget authority; (2) reduce the President's impoundment authority.

1974 Budget and Impoundment Control Act - Timeline - Slaying the Dragon of Debt - Regional Oral History Office - University of California, Berkeley

The long-term effects of the Congressional Budget Act are in dispute. Iwan Morgan argues the Act shifted budgetary leadership to the Congress, which exacerbated the problems inherent in that institution by creating unrealistic deadlines and demanding a level of coordination of which Congress is incapable

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[Harpy Eagle]

In the middle of impeachment proceedings against Nixon, the democrat Party > Country took the opportunity to tip the balance of Constitutional power in the favor of Congress. That move, combined with leaving the gold standard, has been responsible for the deficits and decline in the value of the dollar and purchasing power

"Budget and Impoundment Control Act becomes law, July 12, 1974. On this day in 1974, the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act went into effect when lawmakers overrode President Richard Nixon's veto. The act created the House and Senate budget committees and the Congressional Budget Office."

budget impoundment act ap gov - Google Search

How's that whole Congressional Budget Office working out for us?

I am sure that will fly right through Congress