Because Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104) within the executive branch, the President does not have the authority to abolish it; congressional authorization would be required to abolish, move, or consolidate USAID.

this agency that was created by EO.

#4 | Posted by BellRinger

No it wasn't.

See #20

Guess we'll see after it goes to court. Like all the other BS Trumpy is spreading.

"But do laws passed by Congress matter to Pres Trump?"

It does not matter whether Trumpy cares about laws passed by Congress.

It matters whether Congress cares about laws passed by Congress.

If Congress wishes to hand its balls to Trumpy and Elmo on a platter then the only thing we can do is tie them up in the courts and then start voting them out in two years.

But that is entirely up to the American people. And we a see how much they really care about our supposedly 3 co-equal branches of government.

"Democratic Senator to Block Trump Nominees over USAID Shutdown"

Finally, somebody is standing up and doing something! Just as Trump is trying to "flood the zone" with his actions, dems need to "flood the zone" with their responses.

It's gonna take a whole lot more than one lone senator to stand up to these traitorous bullies.