Trump Seeks to Withhold $800m in Congress-Approved Funds
The package includes 11 rescissions across six departments and $567 million for refugee and asylum programs, officials said.
- On Friday, Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins accused the Trump administration's budget office of taking "illegal actions" by moving to cancel $810 million in congressionally approved funding without advance notice.
- Collins argued that OMB deliberately sat on the money for months—an unreported impoundment itself—before submitting the package with five days left in the fiscal year.
- The package spans 11 rescissions across Commerce, Education, Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, and Justice departments, with $567 million targeting refugee assistance programs.
- Collins labeled the move "illegal" and "the most recent attempt" to undermine Congress' Constitutional power of the purse, though the Supreme Court allowed a similar $4.9 billion tactic last year.
- This maneuver continues a long-standing power struggle between the Trump administration and Congress over control of federal spending, with litigation ongoing from previous pocket rescission attempts.
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Susan Collins Slams Trump Admin Over ‘Illegal Actions’
“Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) accused President Donald Trump’s administration of taking ‘illegal actions’ Friday after it moved to cancel $810 million in congressionally approved funding without lawmakers’ consent,” Mediaite reports. “The White House announced the sweeping cuts also on Friday as a ‘pocket rescission,’ targeting funding across several federal agencies that it characterized as wasteful […]
Russ Vought goes too far for Susan Collins as she accuses his office of 'illegal actions'
Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) accused the Trump administration's budget office of breaking the law Friday after it moved to cancel $810 million in funding Congress had already approved.In a statement, Collins said the administration sent over the package of so-called pocket rescissions with no advance notice, calling it the budget office's latest effort to chip away at Congress' authority over federal spending. The O…
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