impoundment

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But by the time Richard Nixon entered office in 1969, impoundments weren’t just about efficiency.

From Barron's

Philip Wallach, a senior fellow focusing on Congress and the separation of powers at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank, told Salon that he is also concerned about impoundment.

From Salon

While impoundment is regulated by the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Supreme Court has found, in the 1975 case Train v.

From Salon

Moreover, he said, “leading constitutional scholars agree that impoundment is an inherent power of the president.”

From Los Angeles Times

Both the Navajo and Hopi tribes are seeking the ability to lease water and to store it in existing or new reservoirs and impoundments.

From Seattle Times