This could be a blatant violation of how budgets are done, considering the appropriations committees are the only authorities to budget money and not the executive branch (i.e. Obama). Non-mandatory spending (i.e. defense and nondefense like ObamaCare or NOT Medicare, Social Security or Medicaid) has to be approved by Congress.
Obama likes to say “it’s the law,” but does he really care?
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