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Oh? So there's a Congressional statute for literally every dime they send out?

No. But at some point, day becomes night. If a "dime" in a $60 billion budget is being spent unlawfully, you can stop spending that "dime." But you can't stop the entire $60 billion budget for three months, because your job as President is to follow the laws and budgetary obligations that Congress has set for the country.

Congress passes the laws creating the agencies and appropriates their budgets. The President can stop activities that don't comply with the statutes, but he can't just stop the entire agency because he doesn't like the purpose of the agency, or if he's found a small amount of the expenditures that don't comply with statute.

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