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The Pocket-Rescission Dispute Needs to Go to Court

The Trump administration has again proposed end-of-year rescissions to cancel appropriations for wasteful Washington spending. In response, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has taken its strongest stand yet in defense of the Congress’ authority to force the Executive Branch to imprudently spend taxpayer dollars, finding that the proposed…

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