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To: Lane3 who wrote (10003)	8/3/2011 12:47:25 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 10087

There are laws and then there are laws. And the budgets passed each year are laws. And there is additional legal obligation to spend the money. --- Title X of the law, also known as the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both the Senate and the House of Representatives have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation. Congress is not required to vote on such a proposal and has ignored most Presidential requests. In response, some have called for a line item veto to strengthen the rescission power and force Congress to vote on the disputed funds. The Act was passed in response to Congressional feelings that President Nixon was abusing his ability to impound the funding of programs he opposed, and effectively removed the historical Presidential power of impoundment. secure.wikimedia.org More generally when your in default you are in default to someone. But both under a reasonable understanding of entitlement laws and under actual supreme court precedent, no one has any legal right to Social Security benefits.

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