Trump orders encroach on Congress' powers, invite challenges
By JONATHAN LEMIRE and ZEKE MILLER
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EDMINSTER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump has bypassed the nation’s lawmakers as he claimed the authority to defer payroll taxes and replace an expired unemployment benefit with a lower amount after negotiations with Congress on a new coronavirus rescue package collapsed.
Trump’s orders on Saturday encroached on Congress’ control of federal spending and seemed likely to be met with legal challenges. The president cast his actions as necessary given that lawmakers have been unable to reach an agreement to plunge more money into the stumbling economy, which has imperiled his November reelection.
Trump moved to continue paying a supplemental federal unemployment benefit for millions of Americans out of work during the outbreak. However, his order called for up to $400 payments each week, one-third less than the $600 people had been receiving. How many people would receive the benefit and how long it might take to arrive were open questions.
The previous unemployment benefit, which expired on Aug. 1, was fully funded by Washington, but Trump is asking states to now cover 25%. He is seeking to set aside $44 billion in previously approved disaster aid to help states, but said it would be up to states to determine how much, if any of it, to fund, so the benefits could be smaller still.
https://apnews.com/96a1c20494cc9ebb547a44aa60406168
Hey Justice John Roberts this is now going to be in your court are you going to punt again, is this your vision from your federalist society repertoire for a fascist to be a wanna be with authoritarian third world powers and make Congress moot of its Constitutional responsibilities, by having this prick just run rough shod over everything...............this ball is coming to your court Roberts, this isn't like some wall..................
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