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Posted on 03/17/2009 9:45:50 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
A new nonpartisan congressional report to be released Wednesday raises constitutional questions about whether state legislatures have the power to seek economic-stimulus funds that their governors reject.
Such questions could imperil stimulus funds for South Carolina and Texas, whose governors have said that they'd reject some of their states' share of the money.
The report by the Congressional Research Service, the nonpartisan research arm of Congress, casts doubt on a key provision of the $787 billion stimulus bill that President Barack Obama signed into law last month, according to people familiar with the report, who couldn't be named because they weren't authorized to discuss it publicly.
The clause, aimed at bypassing governors who oppose using deficit spending to jolt the economy, authorizes a state's legislature to apply for the stimulus funds if its governor fails to do so within 45 days of the stimulus measure's Feb. 17 enactment - by April 3.
That provision could be challenged over whether it blurs constitutional separation of powers between executive and legislative branches of state government.
(Excerpt) Read more at kansascity.com ...
*Ping!*
Mark Sanford/South Carolina ping!
That provision was put in the bill by that clymer Clyburn precisely to thwart Sanford. Bring it on!
Imagine Bawney Fwank coming in and saying “We own your state”.
What are they going to do if we don’t accept the stupidity stimulus? Send the military after us? We ARE the military.
Imagine Bawney Fwank coming in and saying “We own your state”.**
You mean Barney Flank?
Then imagine him leaving tarred and feathered.
...The separation of powers, like the constitution is a joke to these government clowns...
A new nonpartisan congressional report to be released Wednesday raises constitutional questions about whether state legislatures have the power to seek economic-stimulus funds that their governors reject... The clause, aimed at bypassing governors who oppose using deficit spending to jolt the economy, authorizes a state's legislature to apply for the stimulus funds if its governor fails to do so within 45 days of the stimulus measure's Feb. 17 enactment - by April 3. That provision could be challenged over whether it blurs constitutional separation of powers between executive and legislative branches of state government.
NO— THEY CANNOT!
Unless the Governor of that state has usurped power of the state to DC.....
geeeshk
unless the Governor has RELINQUISHED power to DC-— I need to finish my coffee before I continue to post!
“Graham joined all but three other Republican senators in voting against the stimulus bill last month.
In Charleston, S.C., on Friday, Graham said he doesn’t support Sanford’s rejection of the stimulus money for the state.
“If it comes down to South Carolina getting the money or some other state getting the money, I would urge the governor to take the money,” Graham said.”
Way to stick by those principles Graham. Vote against it and then deplore a governor who rejects it. What is wrong with these people?
Possibly, if they can override his veto on a specific piece of legislation.
“What are they going to do if we don’t accept the stupidity stimulus? Send the military after us? We ARE the military.”
Soon to be the military without healthcare coverage.
This is more than unconstitutional; it’s treasonous.
The ghetto thug and fascist congress have effectively nullified the governor’s office in all 50 states, elected by the people.
The offense is not just impeacable. Dissolving our elected representatives was a spark that initiated our revolutionary war. ( Read the Declaration of Independence)
I’ve found one never really finishes coffee... After consumption, one visits the used coffee department, and then the next round starts! ;-P
Graham has no principles. Graham is a tool and a closet Rat like his mentor Juan McCain.
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