Collins cites GAO: pocket rescissions unlawful
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins said the GAO has concluded pocket rescissions are unlawful under the Impoundment Control Act, accusing OMB of withholding bipartisan funds for months before Friday’s ~$810 million cancellation notice.
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins said the GAO has concluded pocket rescissions are unlawful under the Impoundment Control Act, accusing OMB of withholding bipartisan funds for months before Friday’s ~$810 million cancellation notice.
Susan Collins’s Friday statement framed the White House pocket rescission as a constitutional power-of-the-purse fight, citing GAO’s unlawfulness finding and alleging OMB sat on funds to cancel them without a new congressional vote, ABC and NBC reported.
Where outlets agree ABC and the Washington Examiner agree Collins attacked the rescission as unlawful while the White House cast cut programs as waste.
Where they differ Whether courts will enjoin this round as they partially constrained prior rescissions remains open.