Trump Questions Legal Binds on His Spending in Signing Statement
- Not bound by bar against interfering in state laws, he says
- Congressional Black Caucus slams president on college funding
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President Donald Trump, signing a measure on Friday to keep the federal government funded for the rest of the fiscal year, argued in a lengthy statement that he isn’t legally bound by a series of limits lawmakers imposed on him in the bill.
The “signing statement,” which reprised a contentious tactic former presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama used while in office, included language on issues from the use of medical marijuana to funding for historically black colleges and universities.