The Pentagon will shift $1.5 billion from programs including ballistic missile development and surveillance plane upkeep to fund President Donald Trump’s border wall, according to the Washington Post.
Congressional Democrats are accusing the administration of circumventing congressional approval with the internal fund shifting.
The Defense Department insists that any reallocated funds will not negatively affect military readiness.
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Shouldn’t they use the money already in place (1.3b or so) first and shift money when there’s not enough?
Impeach him. Charge: Spending money outside of authorized appropriations. Then get the miltitary to come up an testify that they were only authorized to spend money in the budget. I think hearings with little kids getting no schools on military bases, no new heatlh care facilities, etc. for this wall ought to make Republicans a little nervous.
The gods saw that Americans don’t read the Constitution any more and so they sent us Trump.
If Obama…
So this also serves the purpose of establishing that Trump can ignore appropriations.