President Biden may have Broken the Law by Halting Construction of the Border Wall.

On Tuesday, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) confirmed that they were Investigating whether Biden was Legally allowed to End the Construction, because the Funding had already been Approved.

Biden Campaigned on the Promise of immediately Ending the Work along the U.S.-Mexico Border, and once in Office he kept his Promise with an Executive Order.

Congress Approved nearly $1.4 Billion in Border Wall Funding, in December 2020, for Fiscal year 2021, as part of Former a $900 Billion Coronavirus Stimulus package.

Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee, Roy Blunt (R-MO) said: He knows it's the Congress' job to authorize how the money is spent and the president's job to spend it efficiently.

GAO Investigation comes after a Group of 40 Republican Senators, led by Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), wrote to the GAO saying the Order to Stop Construction had Contributed to a humanitarian and national security crisis' at the border. The president's actions are also a blatant violation of federal law and infringe on Congress' constitutional power of the purse. We write regarding these actions. We believe they violated the Impoundment Control Act (ICA) as interpreted by your office, and we request your legal opinion on the matter. they wrote.

They Argue that the ICA requires that Biden Transmit a Message to Congress that includes the amount of budget authority proposed for deferral or rescission and the reason for the proposal.

On Tuesday, a Group of more than 60 Republican Members of the House and Four more Senators added their Names to Moore Capito's Bid to get an Answer from the GAO on whether Biden's move to Suspend Border Wall Construction was in Violation of Federal Law.

The Letter is led by Ranking Member of: The House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. John Katko (R-NY, 24th District); The House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX, 12th District); and The House Budget Committee, Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO, 8th District).

Its Signers include: House Minority Leader, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA, 23rd District); Minority Whip, Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA, 2nd District); along with Senator Mike Lee (R-UT), Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO), Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK), and Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI).

'The Biden administration has to be really careful about doing stuff like this, because otherwise they're just going to be doing the exact thing the Trump administration did — just at the other end of the policy spectrum,' said Dylan Hedtler-Gaudette, a Manager at the Watchdog Group Project on Government Oversight.

White House Officials add that Biden's End to Border Wall Construction has been Formal and Public, with Plenty of Time left to Legally spend that Cash and Clear Instructions that Federal Agencies must Follow Spending Law. Even if GAO decides Biden has Illegally halted Border Wall Funding, he is unlikely to face any Formal Punishment

The News of the GAO Investigation came amid an Escalating Crisis on the Border, where Migrant Arrivals are Surging and the Biden Administration is Struggling to Cope.










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