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Paul M. Krawzak

Paul M. Krawzak

Sep 28, 2026

6:58
And so the question, Paul, is, is this legal or not? And we've certainly had some conflicting opinions on that.
7:06
Right.
7:06
So you have sort of like two main opposing sides here.
7:11
And one is the Government Accountability Office.
7:14
which argues that a pocket rescission is illegal because Congress has the power of the purse and the president is not allowed to cancel spending that Congress has approved and that a president has signed into law unless it follows the proper procedure.
7:36
And so GAO argues that Congress has to act on a presidential rescission request.
7:46
The president can't just cancel the funding in a scenario where Congress is not there to act on it, and then the funding is repealed.

10 MINS LATER

17:34
Meaning to hold it up or freeze it, right?

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