A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a $1.7 trillion spending bill was unconstitutionally passed in December 2022 due to the lack of a quorum, blocking enforcement of a law about pregnant women in the workplace.

United States District Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the Northern District of Texas said that the House of Representatives improperly passed the spending package because a quorum of members was not physically present.

The then-Democrat-controlled body allowed proxy voting for the measure, which 215 Democrats and nine Republicans supported.


“Congress acted egregiously by passing the largest spending bill in U.S. history with fewer than half the members of the House bothering to do their jobs, show up, and vote in person,” Paxton said in a Tuesday afternoon release. “Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi abused proxy voting under the pretext of COVID-19 to pass this law, then Biden signed it, knowing they violated the Constitution. This was a stunning violation of the rule of law. I am relieved the Court upheld the Constitution.” The Supreme Court ruled against Republican efforts to challenge the proxy voting rule put in place during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in January 2022. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a $1.7 trillion spending bill was unconstitutionally passed in December 2022 due to the lack of a quorum,

Does this mean that the government will seize the assets of those who broke the law to compensate the people for the illegal monies already distributed?

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a $1.7 trillion spending bill was unconstitutionally passed in December 2022 due to the lack of a quorum,

Does this mean that the government will seize the assets of those who broke the law to compensate the people for the illegal monies already distributed?

That would be cool. So would a firing squad. Personally, I wouldn’t hold my breath for either one.

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Does this mean that the government will seize the assets of those who broke the law to compensate the people for the illegal monies already distributed?

That would be cool. So would a firing squad. Personally, I wouldn’t hold my breath for either one.

I’ll happily give up my share to pay for firing squad ammo.

If the money is to be repaid, who would repay it? Here's a downer question, but I really want to know the answer... Any chance they just tax us harder to repay the money?

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Any chance they just tax us harder to repay the money?

Of course! That's how it works at everything from the local government all the way up to the top. The individual people make the poor decisions that result in a financial loss, they are exempt from paying any of it, and the taxpayer foots the bill.

Wow! The rule of law; what a concept!

Which branch of the federal government will do anything about it. Most likely outcome, business as usual.