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Trump plans to use presidential power known as impoundment to control spending

President-elect Trump wants to roll back spending that Congress has already approved. But a 1974 law may stand in his way.

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Franco Ordoñez is a White House Correspondent for NPR's Washington Desk. Before he came to NPR in 2019, Ordoñez covered the White House for McClatchy. He has also written about diplomatic affairs, foreign policy and immigration, and has been a correspondent in Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Haiti.