Topic: President Can't Cut Constellation Without Congressional Approval

[sam]

http://www.universetoday.com/2010/01/28/president-cant-cut-constellation-without-congressional-approval/

With all the speculation currently making the rounds about Obama axing the Constellation program and ending the possibilities of humans returning to the Moon anytime soon, it was brought to our attention by a reader that under the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act, H.R. 3288, passed on September 17, 2009, Congress inserted a clause in the language of the FY2010 NASA funding bill that would prevent President Obama from terminating the Constellation program without Congressional approval. Senator Bill Nelson of Florida and Senator Richard Shelby from Alabama — two states that have a huge stake in NASA's future — were the main sponsors of the clause in the Senate version. So, it doesn't appear that Obama can just cut Constellation, not without a fight, anyway.

[Clive]

   Love it! 

[Rik]

If only we had laws written that way.