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		scarab92 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's happening inside the NIH and NSF Agencies spend under budget all the time. Budgets are an approval to spend up to a certain amount, not a requirement to spend a certain amount.

sjsdaiuasgdia 11 months ago [–]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impoundment_of_appropriated_fu...

We passed laws about that because of a previous Republican president who was also fond of executive overreach.

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