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House defense spending bill tees up a half-dozen confrontations between Democrats and President Trump

By Jamie McIntyre
Published August 3, 2020 11:01am ET
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House defense spending bill tees up a half-dozen confrontations between Democrats and President Trump
CURBING EXECUTIVE POWERS: The Democrat-controlled House Appropriations Committee has passed a $1.3 trillion package of six spending bills that includes $694.6 billion in base funding for defense and a $1.3 billion increase over this year, along with $68 billion for combat operations overseas. The bills (known as a “minibus” as opposed to an “omnibus”) contain […]

CURBING EXECUTIVE POWERS: The Democrat-controlled House Appropriations Committee has passed a $1.3 trillion package of six spending bills that includes $694.6 billion in base funding for defense and a $1.3 billion increase over this year, along with $68 billion for combat operations overseas.

The bills (known as a “minibus” as opposed to an “omnibus”) contain numerous provisions that are a direct challenge to President Trump’s broad use of executive power to circumvent the will of Congress.

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