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Porkbuster?

Can the President simply kill most congressional pork by issuing an executive order.   The Congressional Research Service is of the opinion he can.    Gaius, Blue Crab Boulevard [1], asks,” Could It Really Be This Simple:”

Mark Tapscott [2] reports that there is a legal opinion out there that says that most earmarks – or at least those not actually attached to bills directly voted on by Congress – could be eliminated by a simple executive order. The earmarks attached to bills by committee reports may not have the actual force of laws

According to the Constitution [3],  a bill must be presented to and approved by both houses before it can become law.   Obviously, an attachement to a spending bill that was never presented, much less approved, by either house is not law.

Kill the pork Mr. President.