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GAO Says Border Wall Funding Freeze Was Legal

ADVERTISEMENT GAO Says Border Wall Funding Freeze Was Legal Law360 (June 15, 2021, 4:36 PM EDT) The U.S. Government Accountability Office said Tuesday that a U.S. Department of Homeland Security freeze on border wall construction was legal, distinguishing it from a Trump administration pause on Ukraine military assistance that the watchdog previously found unlawful. The January pause on spending certain funds appropriated to DHS for building the southern border wall is considered to be a programmatic delay and not an impoundment, and therefore not a violation of the congressional budget and Impoundment Control Act, or ICA, the GAO said in its decision.

GAO Backs Biden s Freeze on Congress Border Wall Funds

Photo: Randy Clark/Breitbart Texas 15 Jun 2021 President Joe Biden has only set a “pause” on the construction of the border wall funded by Congress in 2020, so he is not really violating budget laws, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The GAO’s claim “makes clear that there are two sets of rules when it comes to executing funds appropriated by Congress: one for Democrat administrations and one for Republican administrations,” GOP Senators responded.  “The [GAO] decision splits hairs to justify actions that, just two years ago, were determined to be contrary to ‘the faithful execution of the law,’” said the statement by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL.) and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), the top GOP members of the Senate’s appropriations panels. They added:

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