A federal appeals court has rejected the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) attempt to keep a congressionally mandated database offline.
The court ordered that the database, which tracks how the government spends taxpayer dollars, be restored within days.
In a unanimous Aug. 9 order, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied OMB’s request for a stay pending appeal of a lower-court ruling that found the removal of the public apportionments database violated federal law.
“When it comes to appropriations, our Constitution has made plain that congressional power is at its zenith,” the judges wrote….