Watchdog: Food stamp decision during shutdown broke federal law

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The Trump administration attempted to soften the blow and political pain of the longest-ever government shutdown earlier this year by continuing to issue food stamps, a move that violated federal law, the Government Accountability Office concluded

Washington Thursday.

The GAO, a watchdog and non-political arm of Congress, said the decision violated the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits the executive government from spending money that Congress hasn't approved.The decision was one of several ways the administration sought to ease the pain or lessen the impacts of the shutdown. For example, it also tapped into special funding for national park improvements to bring in maintenance and other workers to keep some parks operating.

 

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only the government can break their own rules and nothing ever happens

cnn tried for 2 yrs to push Russian collusion a move that was totally Fake News. But. That’s ok.

The president violated law to feed the poor. Good luck selling that as a negative thing CuomoPrimeTime MSNBC jaketapper AOC Good luck to you all. FakeNews MAGA2020 KAG2020

LOCK HIM UP! realDonaldTrump

So democrats are now mad that Trump issued food stamps to help feed families during the shutdown but also get mad when illegal immigrants in detention centers don’t have enough tampons🤷‍♂️

And what will become of it? Like everything else, nothing.

You mean there's a federal law that says people should starve during a shutdown?

You are fake news

The Trump administration doing something sketchy?

Blah, blah, CNN is where losers go to hear themselves spew lies.

Damned if he does damned if he don’t. Give the guy a break

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