impoundment
Example Sentences
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One last miss: The Democrats got rolled on a call for language that would prevent the White House from engaging in future impoundments or rescissions of congressional funds.
But by the time Richard Nixon entered office in 1969, impoundments weren’t just about efficiency.
From Barron's
“We have very large differences, on healthcare, and on their ability to undo whatever budget we agree to, through rescissions and through impoundment,” Schumer said.
From Los Angeles Times
Among the offenses he cited are Trump’s denial of due process to expelled immigrants, impoundment of congressionally authorized spending and open solicitation of foreign emoluments.
From Salon
It is unclear whether the Supreme Court will give in to the president’s fringe interpretation, though the court recently narrowly ruled against the Trump administration’s illegal impoundment of $2 billion in Congressionally approved foreign aid.
From Salon
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