Short-Term Continuing Resolution to Maintain Government Operations Released House Appropriations Committee
“House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers today introduced a short-term Continuing Resolution (CR) (H.R. 2028) to prevent a government shutdown and continue funding for federal programs and services until April 28, 2017. The legislation also contains funding for emergency disaster relief. … The CR also includes provisions needed to prevent catastrophic, irreversible, or detrimental changes to government programs, to support our national security, and to ensure good government. Some of these provisions include: … A provision allowing funds for NASA’s Deep Space Exploration program to avoid delays that would increase long-term costs. … A provision allowing funds for the Joint Polar Satellite System programs, ensuring the continuation of data for weather warnings, including forecasts of severe weather events.”
Can an executive order over ride this CR. If instead of wasting a year with a blue ribbon panel he just wanted to rip the band aid off could trump order SLS/Orion programs to payout termination liability and the agency to kick off 100 day study involving international partners, commercial companies and others for new lunar cycler program that would be up and running by end of first term that would then be used to establish lunar orbital gateway station/shipyard in the second term?
That’s essentially what Obama tried, but Congree overrode hime by appropriating money that had to be used for SLS.Orion.
Demonstrating that the historic tussle between the Hill and the White House for preeminence continues.
As it should.