Democrats: When Trump Pauses Funds, It’s Illegal. When Biden Does It, It’s Fine

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Democrats:
When Trump Pauses Funds, It’s Illegal. When Biden Does It, It’s Fine
GAO has no option other than to find that President Biden’s pause of the border wall funds is unlawful and should issue an opinion stating the Biden administration has broken the law.​

When Trump Pauses Funds, It’s Illegal. When Biden Does It, It’s Fine (thefederalist.com)
17 Mar 2021 ~~ By Mark Paoletta

Last Congress, many Democrats, including Rep. John Yarmuth, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, claimed the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) broke the law when it paused the obligation of funds to Ukraine for 50 days to determine the best use for them.
On the very first day of his administration, however, President Biden directed that funding specifically appropriated to build the wall along the southern border be paused for 60 days to determine how best to spend those funds. Press reports indicate that all funding for the wall construction has stopped.
Biden has now held these funds longer than OMB held the Ukraine funding. But Yarmuth has stayed silent about the Biden hold on funds, demonstrating that the congressman cares nothing about the law and only about partisan politics. In contrast to this hypocritical silence, 40 Republican senators have requested that GAO look into whether the Biden hold is unlawful.
As OMB general counsel during the Trump administration, I authorized the Ukraine funds pause so President Trump could consider the best use of those funds, consistent with the law and his policy. Although those funds were designated for Ukraine, there were a variety of ways they could be spent to benefit the government of Ukraine, from purchasing weapons to blankets. This pause was entirely appropriate and legal, and once the president made a decision OMB made the funds available and they were obligated before the end of the fiscal year.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is simply an instrumentality of Congress, rushed out an opinion during the failed partisan impeachment effort claiming that OMB had violated the Impoundment Control Act by pausing the spending of those Ukraine funds. GAO concluded that the president could never pause funds to conduct a policy review to determine the best use of those funds, even if the law allowed for a variety of ways for the funds to be spent.
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Based on this GAO reasoning, President Biden’s order is an unlawful act and a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. Yet Yarmuth, who accused the Trump OMB’s of breaking the law for pausing funds and cited this very GAO opinion, has not raised a single objection to President Biden’s hold. GAO has also remained silent and done nothing. This is plainly hypocrisy and the use of double standards.
But since GAO rejects this executive branch latitude with respect to pausing funds for a policy review, GAO has no option other than to find that President Biden’s pause of the border wall funds for a policy review is unlawful. It should forthwith issue an opinion stating that the Biden administration has broken the law.
Most important, Yarmuth, based on his support of GAO’s position and his accusations last year, should publicly object to the Biden administration’s hold or admit he was simply playing partisan politics when he criticized OMB for pausing funding during the Trump administration to determine how best to spend those funds. But I won’t hold my breath.



Comment:
If it is done by a Progressive Marxist/DSA Democrat Leftist president there shall be no impeachment.
In DC, PM/DSA Dem hypocrisy is a commodity, traded vigorously on K Street.
Principles of The PM/DSA Democrat Party and their Members live by:

1. Lying
2. Cheating
3. Greed
4. Hypocrisy
5. Power Lust
6. Projection
7. Abuse of Women
8. Rejection of any redeeming principles
9. Racism​

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But remember, without these principles they wouldn’t have any at all.

 

[Votto]

I'm pretty sure it is unconstitutional to oppose the DNC in any way.

Just disagreeing with them you are subject to fines and treated as an insurrectionist.

They function from the waste produced from their own hypocrisy.

 

[Moonglow]

Trump stole those funds from the military.

 

[sealybobo]

Democrats:
When Trump Pauses Funds, It’s Illegal. When Biden Does It, It’s Fine
GAO has no option other than to find that President Biden’s pause of the border wall funds is unlawful and should issue an opinion stating the Biden administration has broken the law.​

When Trump Pauses Funds, It’s Illegal. When Biden Does It, It’s Fine (thefederalist.com)
17 Mar 2021 ~~ By Mark Paoletta

Last Congress, many Democrats, including Rep. John Yarmuth, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, claimed the Trump administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) broke the law when it paused the obligation of funds to Ukraine for 50 days to determine the best use for them.
On the very first day of his administration, however, President Biden directed that funding specifically appropriated to build the wall along the southern border be paused for 60 days to determine how best to spend those funds. Press reports indicate that all funding for the wall construction has stopped.
Biden has now held these funds longer than OMB held the Ukraine funding. But Yarmuth has stayed silent about the Biden hold on funds, demonstrating that the congressman cares nothing about the law and only about partisan politics. In contrast to this hypocritical silence, 40 Republican senators have requested that GAO look into whether the Biden hold is unlawful.
As OMB general counsel during the Trump administration, I authorized the Ukraine funds pause so President Trump could consider the best use of those funds, consistent with the law and his policy. Although those funds were designated for Ukraine, there were a variety of ways they could be spent to benefit the government of Ukraine, from purchasing weapons to blankets. This pause was entirely appropriate and legal, and once the president made a decision OMB made the funds available and they were obligated before the end of the fiscal year.
The Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is simply an instrumentality of Congress, rushed out an opinion during the failed partisan impeachment effort claiming that OMB had violated the Impoundment Control Act by pausing the spending of those Ukraine funds. GAO concluded that the president could never pause funds to conduct a policy review to determine the best use of those funds, even if the law allowed for a variety of ways for the funds to be spent.
~Snip~
Based on this GAO reasoning, President Biden’s order is an unlawful act and a violation of the Impoundment Control Act. Yet Yarmuth, who accused the Trump OMB’s of breaking the law for pausing funds and cited this very GAO opinion, has not raised a single objection to President Biden’s hold. GAO has also remained silent and done nothing. This is plainly hypocrisy and the use of double standards.
But since GAO rejects this executive branch latitude with respect to pausing funds for a policy review, GAO has no option other than to find that President Biden’s pause of the border wall funds for a policy review is unlawful. It should forthwith issue an opinion stating that the Biden administration has broken the law.
Most important, Yarmuth, based on his support of GAO’s position and his accusations last year, should publicly object to the Biden administration’s hold or admit he was simply playing partisan politics when he criticized OMB for pausing funding during the Trump administration to determine how best to spend those funds. But I won’t hold my breath.



Comment:
If it is done by a Progressive Marxist/DSA Democrat Leftist president there shall be no impeachment.
In DC, PM/DSA Dem hypocrisy is a commodity, traded vigorously on K Street.
Principles of The PM/DSA Democrat Party and their Members live by:

1. Lying​

2. Cheating​

3. Greed​

4. Hypocrisy​

5. Power Lust​

6. Projection​

7. Abuse of Women​

8. Rejection of any redeeming principles​

9. Racism​

​

But remember, without these principles they wouldn’t have any at all.

But if you didn't have a problem when Trump did it, why do you care now? You should have cared then. Then Biden wouldn't have done it. It's called opening pandoras box.