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ck4829

(35,039 posts) Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:42 AM Jun 2020

The DOJ may be exceedingly corrupt right now, but there is no way to defund it

Now, if someone had control of the government's purse strings then maybe we'd be having a different conversation right now.

Hey, wait a second...

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The DOJ may be exceedingly corrupt right now, but there is no way to defund it (Original Post) ck4829 Jun 2020 OP

Not how it works FBaggins Jun 2020 #1

FBaggins

(26,721 posts)

1. Not how it works

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Sat Jun 20, 2020, 08:47 AM

Jun 2020

The “purse strings” metaphor confuses too many people.

If the House cut funding for something... it wouldn’t change unless and until the Senate agreed and the President signed it.

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