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u/harsh2k5onReddit1d ago
Congress Has Become Almost Totally Irrelevant
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Analysis Summary
The Trump administration has used emergency executive orders to pay DHS workers during a 15+ week shutdown after Congress deadlocked on funding, sidestepping the normal appropriations process — a move legal experts say violates the Constitution's grant of spending authority to Congress. The Senate passed a $70 billion three-year ICE and CBP budget resolution on April 24, but Republican divisions over other policy provisions (voter restrictions, anti-abortion measures, Iran war funding) have blocked a complete DHS appropriations bill. The broader argument that Congress has lost its constitutional power of the purse is a contestable legal and political claim: Democrats argue Trump is trampling checks and balances; Republicans defend executive flexibility under emergency authority.
Claims Analysis (6)
“House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune agreed to Democratic terms to fund most of DHS except immigration enforcement agencies more than three weeks ago, and that bill has still not become law”
DHS funding impasse and reconciliation process documented in multiple April 2026 sources
“This constitutes the longest shutdown of any government agency in history”
Claim about historical record duration not independently verified in search results
“President Trump signed executive orders paying DHS airport security agents on March 27 and all other agency personnel on April 3 under emergency authority”
Executive action on DHS payroll confirmed; legality argument is opinion/legal analysis, not fact
“Trump's emergency funding action lacks legal basis and violates appropriations law”
Legal scholars and Democratic lawmakers dispute constitutionality; Republican administration and allies defend it. Not settled law.
“Senate passed budget resolution Thursday morning appropriating $70 billion baseline funding for ICE and CBP over three years using reconciliation”
Senate reconciliation action on ICE/CBP funding in April 2026 confirmed; exact dollar figure and timeframe require verification
“Trump administration has routinely diverted money authorized for other activities to ICE mass deportation schemes”
White House argues budget flexibility is legal; Democrats claim it violates appropriations law. Ongoing dispute, not settled.
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