#spendingpower — Public Fediverse posts

"This threat to states’ sovereignty is vastly greater than those addressed in the Court’s prior federalism jurisprudence.  And a willful President can do far more harm to a state’s finances than a federal court hearing challenge to a state agency’s violation of federal law."
#Trump #spendingpower #federalism #executivepower

Power of the Purse V: How Transformations at the National Level Threaten Federalism https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/power-of-purse-v-how-transformations-at.html

"This threat to states’ sovereignty is vastly greater than those addressed in the Court’s prior federalism jurisprudence.  And a willful President can do far more harm to a state’s finances than a federal court hearing challenge to a state agency’s violation of federal law."
#Trump #spendingpower #federalism #executivepower

Power of the Purse V: How Transformations at the National Level Threaten Federalism https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/power-of-purse-v-how-transformations-at.html

#davidsuper #Congress #spendingpower #Courts #judiciary #Trump

"Now, the federal government is systematically refusing to make payments not because of good-faith disputes about contractual terms or vendors’ compliance but because the Administration is asserting an aggressive new theory about the Separation of Powers. . . [that] the President is free at any time to reformulate the interests of the United States notwithstanding contractual terms or duly enacted statutes."
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-iv-redistributing.html

#davidsuper #Congress #spendingpower #Courts #judiciary #Trump

"Now, the federal government is systematically refusing to make payments not because of good-faith disputes about contractual terms or vendors’ compliance but because the Administration is asserting an aggressive new theory about the Separation of Powers. . . [that] the President is free at any time to reformulate the interests of the United States notwithstanding contractual terms or duly enacted statutes."
https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-iv-redistributing.html

#davidsuper #spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #OMB

"More broadly, President Trump’s seizure of much of Congress’s Power of the Purse has dramatically reduced Congress’s importance and hence the importance of agencies’ liaison roles.  Russell Vought has made clear to agencies that money comes from OMB and that it is OMB, not Congress, that agencies must appease."

https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-iii-shifts-in-power.html

#davidsuper #spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #OMB

"More broadly, President Trump’s seizure of much of Congress’s Power of the Purse has dramatically reduced Congress’s importance and hence the importance of agencies’ liaison roles.  Russell Vought has made clear to agencies that money comes from OMB and that it is OMB, not Congress, that agencies must appease."

https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-iii-shifts-in-power.html

#spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #Republicans #davidsuper

"Today, however, Republican appropriators have sat by meekly as the institution they have worked so hard to lead is humbled."

https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-ii-shifts-in-power.html?m=1

#spendingpower #Congress #executivepower #Trump #Republicans #davidsuper

"Today, however, Republican appropriators have sat by meekly as the institution they have worked so hard to lead is humbled."

https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-power-of-purse-ii-shifts-in-power.html?m=1

"This post discusses how the President has wrested the Power of the Purse away from Congress."

comment: David Super is fantastic here in analyzing what is going on and how dire/significant US government has been transformed.

#Congress #Trump #President #spendingpower

The Power of the Purse I: Inter-Branch Transformations https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-power-of-purse-i-inter-branch.html

"This post discusses how the President has wrested the Power of the Purse away from Congress."

comment: David Super is fantastic here in analyzing what is going on and how dire/significant US government has been transformed.

#Congress #Trump #President #spendingpower

The Power of the Purse I: Inter-Branch Transformations https://balkin.blogspot.com/2026/05/the-power-of-purse-i-inter-branch.html

Retirees Are Realizing a $2 Million Nest Egg at 65 Only Means $42,000 in Real Annual Spending After Inflation

Quick Read A $2 million portfolio supporting a 65-year-old single retiree generates roughly $42,000 in real a…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #000 #42 #AU #Australia #Business #Federaltax #federaltaxes #Finance #Financialadvisor #inflationhedges #Medicarepremiums #PersonalFinance #Retiree #SocialSecurity #spendingpower #stateincometax #taxableincome
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/684718/

Retirees Are Realizing a $2 Million Nest Egg at 65 Only Means $42,000 in Real Annual Spending After Inflation

Quick Read A $2 million portfolio supporting a 65-year-old single retiree generates roughly $42,000 in real a…
#NewsBeep #News #Personalfinance #000 #42 #AU #Australia #Business #Federaltax #federaltaxes #Finance #Financialadvisor #inflationhedges #Medicarepremiums #PersonalFinance #Retiree #SocialSecurity #spendingpower #stateincometax #taxableincome
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/684718/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/495090/ Retirees Are Realizing a $2 Million Nest Egg at 65 Only Means $42,000 in Real Annual Spending After Inflation #000 #42 #Business #Éire #FederalTax #FederalTaxes #FinancialAdvisor #IE #InflationHedges #Ireland #MedicarePremiums #PersonalFinance #PersonalFinance #Retiree #SocialSecurity #SpendingPower #StateIncomeTax #TaxableIncome

Lakers, Bulls, Nets potential suitors for Peyton Watson this summer https://www.rawchili.com/nba/721338/ #Basketball #Bulls #Chicago #Denver #Lakers #LeagueSources #NBA #Nets #OfferSheet #SpendingPower #SteinLine #Watson

$2 in every $5 spent online in the #US #retail sales goes to #Amazon.

#onlineshopping #spendingpower #successstories #EconomicOutlook