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In a case that preceded the passage of the Impoundment Control Act, the Supreme Court ruled in Train v. City of New York in 1975 that presidents cannot impound funds authorized by Congress unless ...
Donald Trump and appointees to his second administration argued the Impoundment Control Act is unconstitutional, though few legal scholars agree. [11] Trump's assertion of this power resulted in the 2025 United States federal government grant pause, which was put on hold by a preliminary court injunction before it took effect.
Early in American history, Thomas Jefferson claimed the power to “impound” and refuse to spend money appropriated by Congress. Other presidents occasionally did this, though it always was of ...
Trump’s legal team would argue that the “Constitution gives the President a right to impound funds” and cite how Thomas Jefferson halted funding for gunboats to patrol the Mississippi River ...
Trump's decree, which ordered all funding to pause at 5 p.m. Tuesday, cited vague reasoning for the indefinite halt claiming the White House Office of Management and Budget wanted to review ...
Trump's political opponents vowed to challenge the directive and a judge temporarily blocked it from taking effect. ... or impound, highway and water control funds in a bid to control inflation ...
How Donald Trump could try to use presidential impoundment to cut federal spending.
Trump's allies have drafted an executive order requiring all independent agencies to submit actions to the White House for review. Trump has called for presidential authority to 'impound' funds for Congressionally appropriated programs, a practice which was outlawed under President Richard Nixon.