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Meh. A number of courts told him he had to. [/quote]

Exactly! Federal judges in Rhode Island and Massachusetts ordered that he release the emergency funds dedicated to SNAP funding bun event of government shutdown and he is complying because his lawyers have explained to him he won’t win an appeal.

So he’s doubt what New England judges demanded he do, but trying to pass it off like he’s solving a problem of his own volition. And the stupid MAGA sheeple will believe him.[/quote]

The decisions in Mass and RI can’t possibly stand. This has nothing to do with MAGA or whatever other emotionally laden narratives abound. Government officials cannot violate the Anti-Deficiency Act. Virtually every government official responsible for appropriations law knows this very well. There is a SNAP contingency fund for natural disasters and similar events. It won’t find but half of November. It is questionable whether under any circumstances it is lawful to re-allocate those funds to ordinary payment obligations without Congressional approval. Mind you the Anti-Defiency Act is a criminal statute. Moreover, the notion of a judge mandating appropriations is highly questionable - speaks to imperial behavior.

Don’t get me wrong - feeding hungry people is a very high priority. But there’s no avoiding that Congress, and not judges, must fund that effort. [/quote]

But Trump had no problem re-appropriating DOD money to pay troops, or re-appropriating program funding for farmers.  Why does he suddenly have a problem re-appropriating SNAP money?[/quote]

The military always makes it a point to pay its troops on time so that they can have their mind on the job ahead and not feeding their kids at home. They even do the same in wartime. Not paying your troops historically has, uh "problems".

Congress needs to get off its tuckus and [b]start funding bills early[/b], but thats just too hard.[/quote]

Exactly.   Even if this "clean CR" passes, it only funds the government til November 21st.   The House isn't even in session to deal with what happens then.  The House isn't working on a budget to operate the government from November 21st on, they aren't even working on another CR.  That's 100% on Mike Johnson.[/quote]

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