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impoundment  

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  • Impoundment was a historic power used by presidents of the United States to not spend funds appropriated by Congress. Successive chief executives used the authority to avoid expenditures that they disagreed with or believed were unnecessary. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Political Science; Impoundment]

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