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Government funding is due to lapse at the stroke of 12 a.m. Saturday.
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
And Congress can't be forced into action at the stroke of a president's pen.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
As with a lot of this administration’s arson of the functions of the federal government, this is not something that can simply be undone at the stroke of a pen if Trump changes his mind or another president reverses course.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
All told, that’s roughly 1,500 insurrectionists whose convictions were wiped out at the stroke of a pen.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
And Congress can't be forced into action at the stroke of a president's pen.
—Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2025
As with a lot of this administration’s arson of the functions of the federal government, this is not something that can simply be undone at the stroke of a pen if Trump changes his mind or another president reverses course.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
All told, that’s roughly 1,500 insurrectionists whose convictions were wiped out at the stroke of a pen.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“At the stroke of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20stroke%20of. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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