Trump takes another bite out of congressional power with TikTok, beautiful bill
(The Hill) Having the Air Force fly a B-2 bomber overhead during a signing ceremony for a budget bill would have in a different time seemed like overkill. But in our time of both public spectacle and congressional sclerosis, it seems about right.
After months of debate, Congress delivered a tax and spending package that is loved by none, which is usually a good sign. Budgets aren’t supposed to be popular. But this is an unusually ambitious budget — or, to be more precise, pseudo-budget.
First, some context. In 1974, when Congress was up on its hind legs about the many abuses of executive power by Richard Nixon, lawmakers passed the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act. Nixon, who was trying to fend off impeachment in the summer of that year and looking to appease Republicans in Congress, signed the bill in July — in between the publication of “All the President’s Men” and the Supreme Court decision ordering him to release his Oval Office tapes.
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