"For centuries, kings embroiled England in numerous wars on the European continent,... This bitter experience convinced our nation’s Founders of the importance of giving Congress, not the president, the power of the purse. ...[The] White House is snatching that power [from] a feeble Congress."
Congress rejected some of Trump’s proposed budget cuts. OMB is making them anyway.President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.thehill.com