Texas AG Sues Biden Administration Over $1.7 Tril­lion ‘Unconstitutional’ Spend­ing Bill

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit against President Joe Biden and members of his administration over the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023.
Paxton alleges that the $1.7 trillion federal omnibus spending bill was illegally signed into law by Biden in December 2022. He asserts in his lawsuit, which he filed on Feb. 15, that the legislation is unconstitutional because it wasn’t duly approved by the House of Representatives.
Only 201 members were present when the House voted on the spending package in December 2022; Paxton, in his lawsuit, argues that because more than 50 percent of the members were missing, the necessary quorum wasn’t satisfied….}