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?It will create a firestorm?: Mulvaney?s border wall cash grab sparks dissent in White House


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SOURCE: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/11/mick-mulvaney-border-wall-funds-1163996
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By NANCY COOK and ELIANA JOHNSON02/11/2019 07:18 PM ESTThe White House is firming up plans to redirect unspent federal dollars as a way of funding President Donald Trump’s border wall without taking the dramatic step of invoking a national emergency.Done by executive order, this plan would allow the White House to shift money from different budgetary accounts without congressional approval, circumventing Democrats who refuse to give Trump anything like the $5.7 billion he has demanded. The other, 33 USC Section 2293, allows the Secretary of the Army to redirect funds from the Army’s civil works program for projects including “authorized civil works.” White House lawyers, however, expect to be challenged about whether the wall truly supports the armed forces or is an authorized civil work.Neither the White House press office nor a spokeswoman for the Office of Management and Budget responded to requests for comment.While White House officials still hope Congress can work out a deal to keep the government open, a bipartisan committee hit roadblocks over the weekend that dimmed hopes for a compromise, and Trump officials continue to sift through the alternatives — well aware of polls that showed Trump took most of the blame for the unpopular 35-day shutdown that began in late December. By TIM STARKS and ERIC GELLEREven if Trump decides that the legal obstacles of an executive order are less daunting that those that would come with a national emergency declaration, tapping unspent funds intended for disaster relief and military construction would bring serious political and policy risks.By diverting disaster money intended for heavily Democratic California and Puerto Rico — instead of staunchly Republican Texas, which is still rebuilding after Hurricane Harvey — Trump opens himself up to criticism that he’s favoring red states over blue ones.

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