Brian Deese

executing those strategies on behalf of the executive branches that were appropriated funds. And yes, I hear what you're saying is quaint, but at the same time, ultimately, I think what we saw with the funding freeze is where this is going, which is notwithstanding some of the

executing those strategies on behalf of the executive branches that were appropriated funds. And yes, I hear what you're saying is quaint, but at the same time, ultimately, I think what we saw with the funding freeze is where this is going, which is notwithstanding some of the

It is it is actually the case that legally the executive branch cannot both spend money that Congress has not appropriated and it can't fail to spend money when Congress has said. So I think we're going to have a big we're going to have a set of fights on this. And this is going to get some of this is going to get hashed out in the courts. But.

It is it is actually the case that legally the executive branch cannot both spend money that Congress has not appropriated and it can't fail to spend money when Congress has said. So I think we're going to have a big we're going to have a set of fights on this. And this is going to get some of this is going to get hashed out in the courts. But.

Look, I think having worked at OMB and having felt the constraints of the fact that, you know, you can't violate the Anti-Deficiency Act or the Impoundment Act, even if there may be some impulse at some point to say, boy, it would be great if we could stop that.

Look, I think having worked at OMB and having felt the constraints of the fact that, you know, you can't violate the Anti-Deficiency Act or the Impoundment Act, even if there may be some impulse at some point to say, boy, it would be great if we could stop that.

I think that – I believe that Congress is going to step in because one of the few roles that Congress actually cherishes in this context is they do have the power of the purse. And without that, it changes fundamentally everything. you know, some pretty big tenants of our constitutional system.

I think that – I believe that Congress is going to step in because one of the few roles that Congress actually cherishes in this context is they do have the power of the purse. And without that, it changes fundamentally everything. you know, some pretty big tenants of our constitutional system.

For the record, we worked a lot of nights and weekends at OMB through the financial crisis and government shutdowns and the like. There are extraordinarily talented professionals who Who I certainly worked hand in hand with over the weekend many times during my government service.

For the record, we worked a lot of nights and weekends at OMB through the financial crisis and government shutdowns and the like. There are extraordinarily talented professionals who Who I certainly worked hand in hand with over the weekend many times during my government service.

Why would we want consumers to pay more at the gas pump and more at the grocery store and more for their iPhones and their consumer electronics? when we are not achieving anything as a country.

Why would we want consumers to pay more at the gas pump and more at the grocery store and more for their iPhones and their consumer electronics? when we are not achieving anything as a country.