The news follows a separate $810 million funding cancellation in September executed via 'pocket rescissions' that targeted housing, DEI, and $567 million in refugee services at Health and Human Services. While the White House claims the Supreme Court has upheld such actions, a coalition of seven states and agriculture interests has filed lawsuits to challenge the cuts. In the Senate, Ron Johnson recently blocked a Democratic effort to pass legislation that would have barred further unilateral funding withdrawals.
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GAO Again Finds Trump’s Federal Health and Research Fund Cuts Illegal
US Politics13 days ago
The Government Accountability Office issued a series of decisions Wednesday declaring that the executive branch unlawfully blocked spending for federal programs from the previous year. These rulings identified the illegal withholding of funds specifically intended for health research and climate justice initiatives, adding to a growing list of impoundment findings against the administration that the watchdog has thus far not enforced.
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