WASHINGTON _ Can President Donald Trump quickly issue an executive order and start hundreds of dollars in unemployment payments flowing to millions of Americans again? Maybe, but he'd face significant hurdles.
Like the Constitution.
Congress, not the president, has the power "to lay and collect taxes" in order "to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defense and General Welfare of the United States," says Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution.
