Author: Paul Skrbina

So the president can’t spend more money than Congress has agreed and voted to spend. But can the president spend less money than Congress wants?It all comes down to something called “impoundment” and the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which controls when and how a president can take away money Congress has appropriated.President Trump followed the Impoundment Control Act rules back in 2018. But now, in his second term, he’s saying he thinks that law is unconstitutional.On this episode: the history of impoundment, from Thomas Jefferson to Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. And what constitutional scholars and judges are saying…

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I recently wrote about the least expensive cars becoming the fastest growing new car auto sales segment. On the other end of the spectrum are expensive cars. While most ofRead More

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Travel + Leisure Co. (TNL) announced fourth quarter results that beat Wall Street’s expectations on the top and bottom lines. The company’s CEO and president, Mike Brown, joins Market Domination Overtime to discuss Travel + Leisure’s results, the health of the consumer, and the impact of inflation. “What we saw in the fourth quarter was an acceleration in the final two months of the year,” Brown says. “Real close after the election, there just seemed to be … elimination of uncertainty or just a change in the overall confidence. It really propelled us to a very strong fourth quarter where…

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