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  • This Is Off Topic, But 'Impoundment' Is a Subject That Needs To Be Revisited

    US Catholic Bishops: Executive Order Deal A Non-Starter | RedState 2010

  • Cheney has repeatedly taken the position that limits on executive power, like the Impoundment Control Act and the Boland Amendment and the War Powers Resolution, which requires congressional approval for long-term American involvement in foreign hostilities, are unconstitutional infringements of executive power.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • Dick Cheney, for example, has taken this position and argued that the Impoundment Control Act unconstitutionally restricts executive power.

    The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

  • The response from Capitol Hill was the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, which created the House and Senate budget committees and set forth many of the rules that govern the process today.

    Obama invites congressional leaders to meet with Biden on budget 2011

  • Congress responded with the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, which established the House and Senate budget committees and set forth many of the rules that govern the process today.

    Obama signs short-term spending bill, averting federal shutdown 2011

  • In 1974, Congress enacted the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, which sets specific deadlines and procedures for raising revenue, setting spending priorities, and adjusting the debt limit—all in the sunshine of public scrutiny, with objective evaluation of all plans by the CBO.

    Budget Shell Games Are Contrary to Law Michael W. McConnell 2011

  • The new Members who are intent on fiscal responsibility should visit with Congressional historians to discover a root cause of this modern spending catastrophe—the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, the most laughable title ever placed on a federal law.

    GOP Balancing Act 2011

  • Congress responded with the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, which established the House and Senate budget committees and set forth many of the rules that govern the process today.

    Obama signs short-term spending bill, averting federal shutdown 2011

  • You cannot filibuster a federal budget resolution (Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974).

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Slaughter Solution constitutional? 2010

  • Congress responded with the 1974 Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act, which established the House and Senate budget committees and set forth many of the rules that govern the process today.

    Obama signs short-term spending bill, averting federal shutdown 2011

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