I think Pelosi is making a valid point. If you think the President has the right to do this, then the next President can do the same thing. Take money that congress has appropriated for one thing, and spend it on something else entirely.

It's a major erosion of the constitutional separation of powers, and makes the President more like a king. "Just appropriate the money, and I'll decide how to spend it."

So President Elizabeth Warren takes money from the Pentagon budget and spends it on housing for the homeless.

I think it's time for the spineless Republicans in congress to take a hard look at themselves and decide if they want to give the Presidency this kind of power.

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