A prediction: there will be a late-April government shutdown

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I will bet a can of the finest domestic lager on it.

[Dawson Leery]

1. kick

[kwassa]

2. I agree, but I don't drink no stinkin' lager.

IPA, please.

Trump's absurd budget will get nowhere, not even among most Republicans.

He may well veto the congressional budget, even if reconciled.

Can he downsize agencies without congressional approval?

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3. He sort of can

Can he downsize agencies without congressional approval?

He can (and apparently is in the process of doing this) refuse to fill political apointments, which means the agency is pathologically understaffed and incapable of actually doing anything (though it's a losing move on his part, since it leaves the career employees with more levers to pull; however, he's a moron, so he doesn't get that).

However, he doesn't actually have a direct line to an "off" spigot for money that Congress has authorized and appropriated, in a general sense.

[kwassa]

4. The agencies might function better without "leadership".

considering the looney-tunes characters selected to run some of them.

My new favorite is Mick Mulvaney at OMB.

This is the most idiotic budget I have seen in my lifetime.