For those interested, last night I wrote about what's in the CR deal for Congress. If you want a slightly more coherent take...

firstbranchforecast.substack.com/p/whats-in-t...

11) The discussion about health care was useful PR, but covered up discussion over the power of the purse, which is fundamental. If the WH doesn't have to follow the law, it doesn't matter what you pass.

With the remaining approps bills + CR, Dems still could fight that fight. If they're smart

Of course, Cheney's stated view was that those statutes were unconstitutional because they regulated the President's authority as commander in chief. But the Supreme Court had already rejected that argument unequivocally in Youngstown.

This is excellent. I don't think it's true, though, that Cheney never exercised power that plainly belonged to another branch. When the Bush admin launched the warrantless wiretapping program, it did so in violation of a federal statute. Same with torture--there was a statute that prohibited that.

It was like two days ago where Bovino and other agents were found to have lied in a deposition about him being assaulted. Video showed the situation was entirely the opposite.