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As Washington barrels toward another possible government shutdown this fall, a complicated legal and procedural storm is brewing around how and whether the executive branch spends congressionally appropriated funds. From formal rescission packages to “pocket” rescissions and accusations of impounding money, the battle over budget control is intensifying in unpredictable ways.

Join us on Thursday, September 4, at 1:00pm ET for an in-depth briefing on the tangled state of federal spending. We’ll walk you through how rescissions work, what the Government Accountability Office’s watchdog role entails, and how impoundment fights—some dating back to Trump’s first term—are reshaping executive-legislative power dynamics. With at least five lawsuits in play over alleged illegal withholding of funds and new strategies emerging from inside the White House budget office, our panel will unpack what’s legal, what’s political, and what might push Congress and the country into a shutdown on Oct. 1.

Virtual Event Details
Date: Thursday, September 4, 2025
Time: 1:00pm ET
Speakers:

• Kyle Cheney, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter
• Marcia Brown, Food and Agriculture Reporter
• Jennifer Scholtes, Editor, Budget and Appropriations
• Alex Guillen, Energy Reporter
• Moderated by Joe Schatz, Deputy Editor in Chief

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