Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

WASHINGTON — Top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate, alarmed by President Donald Trump’s moves to withhold funding approved by Congress, have teamed up to add new safeguards to next year’s spending bills that would ensure the Trump administration allocates…

'Power of the purse': GOP senators aim to block Trump from withholding federal money

A potential showdown is brewing between President Donald Trump and Senate Republicans over federal spending, and tensions could boil over ahead of next month's funding deadline.The New York Times reported Wednesday that the Republican-controlled Senate Appropriations Committee is now making moves to prevent the Trump administration from freezing the disbursement of federal money that Congress includes in spending bills. Committee chair Susan Col…