Train v. City of New York: A Landmark Case in Budgetary Authority - Taxpayers for Common Sense

Train v. City of New York: A Landmark Case in Budgetary Authority - Taxpayers for Common Sense

The Supreme Court case Train v. City of New York (1975) addressed a pivotal constitutional question: to what extent can a president withhold funds appropriated by Congress? This issue arose in the context of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972, which authorized substantial federal funding to improve municipal sewage and water treatment systems. The Act specified funding levels for fiscal years 1973 through 1975, but Presid…