Congress Illegally Spent $516 Billion Last Year

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Redstate published information about a Congressional Budget Office report indicating that Congress spent $516 billion in 2024 on programs without legal authorization. The $516 billion was associated with 491 expired authorizations of appropriations, and it is illegal.

In a report titled “Expired and Expiring Authorizations of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2024,” the CBO observes: “Historically, House and Senate rules restrict lawmakers from considering an appropriation if it lacks a current authorization.”

Authorizations were expired. The legal authority for some of these payments expired 40 years ago.

Most expired last year “1,264 authorizations of appropriations that expired before the beginning of fiscal year 2024 and 251 authorizations of appropriations that were set to expire by the end of fiscal year 2024.”

Money is no object for the US government because they can just tax us or start-up the printing presses

Our representatives are totally irresponsible as our debt and interest on the debt service grows out of control. Soon, we won’t even be able to pay the interest on the debt.

They do anything they want.

This is screaming out for an emergency audit. President Trump is absolutely correct in reviewing the financials of the government agencies

Redstate published information about a Congressional Budget Office report indicating that Congress spent $516 billion in 2024 on programs

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boz
3 months ago

Even if we ignore all the other waste, fraud and abuse being found — this one issue proves by itself that this regime is no longer legitimate. No body in government was performing ordinary management of public dollars.

It really is time to sweep this regime out of our country. All of it.

Ed Cane
3 months ago

Trials are needed. By the people.
Not Congress. Trials that have consequences.
Punishment that impresses the recipient.
Trials where the guilty get a chance to confess their guilt and speak an apology to the victims, and enjoy a last cigarette and a blindfold.

LuzMaria Rodriguez
3 months ago

It clearly seems “law” means absolutely nothing to Dems/leftists/rinos. It’s the same mindset that allowed them to “steal” elections in 2020 and 2022. Improperly, illegally passing new election law meant zero to the thugs as long as they got what they wanted. Time to ‘hang’em high.’

Anonymous
3 months ago

Preferably by their Testosterone producing glands…

The Prisoner
3 months ago

The revelations are damaging to congress, which is ducking for cover. We cannot forget the far leftist spending bills which were created by Ryan, Mitch, McCarthy. They fought off and lied to Trump last time about spending.

Anonymous
3 months ago
Reply to  M Dowling

Good thing Trump is conquering the R party, huh?

darkoss
3 months ago

Republicans are part of the problem. They all enrich themselves at our expense. Tax payers should refuse to pay their taxes.

The Prisoner
3 months ago
Reply to  darkoss

The RINOs just want to hide and hope this embarrassment fades away.

TheTexasCooke
3 months ago
Reply to  darkoss

CHALLENGE:
READ Your Constitution
Article 1 Section 8 Powers of Congress
It won’t take long, because the list of Powers is SHORT!
Now see how many federal agencies you can find there…THAT list will be short, too.

mack
3 months ago
Reply to  darkoss

talk about deflection …
yes you ‘child’ it’s both sides – however – the dems are being outed as the bigger wastes of space as there are less rinos then dems in total.
You liberals are so sad that you hope america is destroyed because you don’t understand anything