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Please send this to your Senators regarding the budget bill. (Background: The House passed a stop-gap bill Tuesday to fund the government through September and the Senate must vote on it. The House has gone into recess to force the Senate to accept the bill with no changes. )
Dear Senator --
For months Republicans have talked about how they were going to fund their legislative priorities, but here we are again, facing another Continuing Resolution.
In your negotiations in the Senate, constantly remind everyone that the Constitution Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7 gives the power of the purse to Congress, not the President. The President has no legitimate authority under the Constitution for meddling in the appropriations process.
The Continuing Resolution must include language reminding the Executive Branch that it has no budgetary power over Congress. Make Republicans vote on their support for the Constitutional separation of powers.
Stand firm in your efforts.