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Democrats on Wednesday grilled Office of Management and Budget (OMB) nominee Russell Vought over recent executive orders made by President Trump they say “illegally” target funding authorized ...
Democrats are sounding the alarm over President Trump’s move to freeze funding approved in two of former President Biden’s signature laws. Trump issued an executive order pausing the ...
January 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM. ... projects or activities subject to this pause.” ... who has yet to be confirmed by the Senate, has been a proponent of impoundment, in which the president could ...
On January 27, 2025, memo M-25-13 was released by Matthew Vaeth, acting director for the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). [1] [2] The memo said that the federal government of the United States in fiscal year 2024 spent over $3 trillion in federal "financial assistance, such as grants and loans", criticized the usage of "resources to advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and [Green New ...
Updated January 28, 2025 at 10:27 AM. ... Legally, Congress has constrained the president's powers to ignore their wishes and not appropriate funds. The issue, known as impoundment, reached a ...
Democrats grilled Russell Vought, who was tapped to be President-elect Trump’s next budget chief, for his ties to Project 2025 and the powers of the executive branch as senators weighed his ...
For example, in 1972, Richard Nixon attempted to impound funds on an environmental project which he opposed. Congress had previously overridden Nixon's veto of the project. The Supreme Court in Train v. City of New York (1975) [2] ruled that the impoundment power cannot be used to frustrate the will of Congress under such circumstances.
A February 2025 poll from Napolitan News Service, of 1,000 American voters, found that 47% of respondents supported DOGE's cuts, 39% were opposed, and 13% were unsure. [ 3 ] On March 2, CBS/YouGov released the results of a survey showing that a minority of Americans believe that DOGE should have a lot of influence over government operations and ...