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Close those executive branch slush funds

By Washington Examiner
Published May 19, 2019 2:00pm ET
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Close those executive branch slush funds
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, pauses before a news conference as an 11th-hour Republican rescue mission to keep President Donald Trump from a Senate defeat on his signature issue of building barriers along the southwest border seems near collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress, by right, raises federal revenue and appropriates the dollars for spending. The executive branch, by overreach, inertia, and congressional inaction, has been taking over this role by creating slush funds that sit outside of congressional control.

It’s time to end this.

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