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2024-10-05 21:59:28 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Congress has the "power of the purse," meaning all discretionary spending comes from Congress, not from the president. https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/#:~:text=Discretionary%20spending%20is%20money%20formally,of%20other%20agencies%20and%20programs. The Biden-Harris administration did not re-appropriate funding FEMA money is not supposed to be used for other things. Biden didn't, but Trump did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/no-biden-didnt-take-fema-relief-money-use-migrants-trump-did/

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• Congress has the "power of the purse," meaning all discretionary spending comes from Congress, not from the president. https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/#:~:text=Discretionary%20spending%20is%20money%20formally,of%20other%20agencies%20and%20programs. The Biden-Harris administration did not re-appropriate funding FEMA money is not supposed to be used for other things. Biden didn't, but Trump did. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/04/no-biden-didnt-take-fema-relief-money-use-migrants-trump-did/