[HartleyMBaldwin]

President Joe Biden has said that the federal government would foot the entire bill for rebuilding the bridge

Is that legally binding, or just FJB shooting off his senile face again? The ship's insurer should pay for the replacement bridge, not U.S. taxpayers.

[Leaning Right]

> Is that legally binding… <

I don’t see how it can be. The Constitution says all spending must originate in the House of Representatives, not in the White House.

So Biden is promising something he has no right to promise in the first place. It would be like me promising Ukraine 100 more tanks. I’m just some guy. I have no authority to make such a promise. None at all.

(The catch of course is that Biden can ignore the Constitution if the GOP elite don’t object.)