Executive attempt to usurp Congressional power of the Purse.

“ This crisis is not happening in a vacuum,” Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democratic appropriator in the House, said of the shutdown in a statement. She blamed Mr. Vought and Mr. Trump for undermining the division of powers — Congress passes spending laws, and the president is supposed to carry them out.”

This is a pretty fundamental understanding of this issue since the beginning of the founding of the United States of America.🇺🇸 

This quote comes from the New York Times article… Link