NIXON AND IMPOUNDMENT, NOT SPENDING FUNDS, CONGRESS AND COURTS

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

In the 1970's a President, seeking to reduce inflation, tried a new tactic. Simply not spending the money that congress appropriated. OK, it wasn't entirely new, but it had been used in defense spending after the war where demand was needed or in very small amounts. This was billions of collars. As we discuss impoundment could be considered unfair - because a President could technically pass nice sounding bills and then later, kill the funding, thus getting credit for the good image of legislation without having to execute. As President Trump is using a similar technique, we look at impoundment and what Congress did in reaction (myriad steps from creating a new Budget Office to legislation to monitoring like hawks, to going to the press). We also look at the Supreme Court. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.
0:09.3	Will Nixon impound Amtrak funds.
0:13.0	Here's the Fresno B in December 21st, 1973. Amtrak is planning to restore rail passenger service to Central California sometime next spring,
0:23.4	but Representative Sisk of Fresno is concerned that President Nixon could impound funds allocated to operate the service.
0:32.3	Sixth pointed out that the Balleroute has the approval of all agencies concerned,
0:37.3	including the Office of Management and Budget.
0:40.2	And he is optimistic.
0:41.5	Operation will begin on schedule because of this.
0:43.6	It's predicted that it's not likely funds will be frozen.
0:46.5	But he added, just what the president may do about empowerment between now and April.
0:50.9	I have no idea.
1:17.7	Music now in April. I have no idea. Nixon was a Republican president.
1:19.7	The House was Democratic.
1:21.4	The Senate was Democratic.
1:22.3	What's more?
1:24.5	By the time you're getting the 1970,
1:26.8	the one thing Nixon thought might happen,
1:29.2	that he might get the House for Republicans after beating the Democrats in the presidential election of 68, does not happen. In fact, Democrats
1:34.8	gain seats. So it doesn't look like you're going to see a Republican House or Senate any time soon.
1:40.2	So the president is trying to control policy by his own hand. And also, his argument is,
1:47.0	look at inflation. This is a crisis. The Atlanta Constitution, February 22nd, 1973. Nixon in
1:56.1	pounds requested aid, McGee says. Senator Gail McGee from Wyoming said Tuesday, the Nixon administration
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