Timothy Mellon Revealed as Billionaire Behind $130 Million Gift to Pay U.S. Troops Amid Government Shutdown

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Over the past decade, Mellon has donated millions to right-leaning causes, including border security initiatives and veterans' programs, often through anonymous channels.
49% : Despite bipartisan concern for service members' welfare, the Senate narrowly voted down a measure on Thursday that would have guaranteed payments to active-duty troops, 54-45, deepening public frustration and leaving the White House scrambling for options.
46% : Legal experts told The New York Post that if the Pentagon were to use Mellon's donation, it might violate the Constitution's separation of powers, which grants Congress the exclusive right to control federal spending.
38% : He has occasionally surfaced in political circles, authoring a 2015 memoir titled Panamint's Balance, in which he lamented government inefficiency and warned of a nation "drifting toward socialism.

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