Russ Vought

The president says, I don't think it's a good idea, or I certainly can do it better, or I have events that are happening overseas that cause me not to want to spend on the All manner of executive decision-making that would be a part of that.

The president says, I don't think it's a good idea, or I certainly can do it better, or I have events that are happening overseas that cause me not to want to spend on the All manner of executive decision-making that would be a part of that.

The president says, I don't think it's a good idea, or I certainly can do it better, or I have events that are happening overseas that cause me not to want to spend on the All manner of executive decision-making that would be a part of that.

In the 1970s, at the lowest moment of the presidency, Congress steps in, and to some extent the courts, and they pass the Impoundment Control Act, which was really the Impoundment Elimination Act. And from that moment, they had destroyed separation of powers. on spending and on fiscal issues. But it was beyond that. It wasn't just about dollars and cents. It was about control of the bureaucracy.

In the 1970s, at the lowest moment of the presidency, Congress steps in, and to some extent the courts, and they pass the Impoundment Control Act, which was really the Impoundment Elimination Act. And from that moment, they had destroyed separation of powers. on spending and on fiscal issues. But it was beyond that. It wasn't just about dollars and cents. It was about control of the bureaucracy.

In the 1970s, at the lowest moment of the presidency, Congress steps in, and to some extent the courts, and they pass the Impoundment Control Act, which was really the Impoundment Elimination Act. And from that moment, they had destroyed separation of powers. on spending and on fiscal issues. But it was beyond that. It wasn't just about dollars and cents. It was about control of the bureaucracy.

And I believe, as a budget guy, that was the original sin on why we can't do anything fiscally from that moment on. It's also why we get omnibus bills. Because if I only need you to get your signature and I lose all of my ability to, throughout the rest of the fiscal year, to push and pull and not spend and make different decisions, I just got to get your one signature.

And I believe, as a budget guy, that was the original sin on why we can't do anything fiscally from that moment on. It's also why we get omnibus bills. Because if I only need you to get your signature and I lose all of my ability to, throughout the rest of the fiscal year, to push and pull and not spend and make different decisions, I just got to get your one signature.

And I believe, as a budget guy, that was the original sin on why we can't do anything fiscally from that moment on. It's also why we get omnibus bills. Because if I only need you to get your signature and I lose all of my ability to, throughout the rest of the fiscal year, to push and pull and not spend and make different decisions, I just got to get your one signature.

So I'm going to put everything... In that one bill, thousands of pages, and I'm going to push it through at the most – the hardest time for you politically. You might have some diplomatic visit that you're going on.

So I'm going to put everything... In that one bill, thousands of pages, and I'm going to push it through at the most – the hardest time for you politically. You might have some diplomatic visit that you're going on.

So I'm going to put everything... In that one bill, thousands of pages, and I'm going to push it through at the most – the hardest time for you politically. You might have some diplomatic visit that you're going on.

And so impoundment is vitally important not just to save the country fiscally. It is vitally important to be able to wrest control of the bureaucracy because when you combine – Congress giving the agencies vast authority to interpret the laws that they passed, overly broad, make law essentially. Make law essentially that has no repercussions on the people who voted it, right?

And so impoundment is vitally important not just to save the country fiscally. It is vitally important to be able to wrest control of the bureaucracy because when you combine – Congress giving the agencies vast authority to interpret the laws that they passed, overly broad, make law essentially. Make law essentially that has no repercussions on the people who voted it, right?

And so impoundment is vitally important not just to save the country fiscally. It is vitally important to be able to wrest control of the bureaucracy because when you combine – Congress giving the agencies vast authority to interpret the laws that they passed, overly broad, make law essentially. Make law essentially that has no repercussions on the people who voted it, right?

They don't have to vote on what the right blend is for ethanol. And then you say that your funding is going for Congress and the president has no ability. Sorry, Mr. President, you don't have to – that's illegal. You can't turn off my funding. Right. Now, imperial Congress still exists, just a lot more subtle. So that's number two, bringing back impoundment.

They don't have to vote on what the right blend is for ethanol. And then you say that your funding is going for Congress and the president has no ability. Sorry, Mr. President, you don't have to – that's illegal. You can't turn off my funding. Right. Now, imperial Congress still exists, just a lot more subtle. So that's number two, bringing back impoundment.

They don't have to vote on what the right blend is for ethanol. And then you say that your funding is going for Congress and the president has no ability. Sorry, Mr. President, you don't have to – that's illegal. You can't turn off my funding. Right. Now, imperial Congress still exists, just a lot more subtle. So that's number two, bringing back impoundment.

Number three is dramatically going at restoring at-will employment as far as you can. A lot of ideas on the agenda, but...

Number three is dramatically going at restoring at-will employment as far as you can. A lot of ideas on the agenda, but...