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Tuesday, September 17, 2019

Can feds force state for pay for 'bizarre' programs?

Fight over unwanted refugee influx spending hits full 6th Circuit

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A federal appeals court has been asked to decide whether the federal government can force states to pay for programs they don’t want. The dispute, under appeal to the full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is over a supposedly optional refugee program organized by the federal government. But the case could have impact beyond the refugee issue, if Congress effectively is given authority over state budgets.

Lawmakers in Tennessee informed the federal government they were withdrawing their state from the program. But Washington ignored them, assigning the responsibility for settling refugees to Catholic Charities of Tennessee and ordering the state to pay the group for its operations........... To Read More.....

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