Opinion: revoking CBICA would jeopardize the stability and autonomy of the Independent Living Movement, reversing decades of progress.

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The confirmation of Russell T. Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate the funding fights ...

Donald Trump will need congressional approval if he wants to abolish federal agencies, a legal analyst has told Newsweek.

In 1974, Congress passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act (ICA), which regularized the process of impoundment, granting the president a little more authority than before ...

The Constitution gives Congress what’s called “the power of the purse,” or the ability to spend taxpayer money — not the ...

Impoundment is when a president refuses to spend money allocated by Congress and returns the funds to the Treasury.

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

For those unfamiliar with the U.S. budget ... impoundment, may be unconstitutional and has been addressed by legislation. The Impoundment Control Act (ICA) requires the president to notify ...

Congress responded by passing the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which severely limits this presidential power. "Bringing back impoundment will give us a crucial tool with which to obliterate ...