{"id":227943,"date":"2026-10-18T20:32:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-cancels-nearly-1bn-in-funding-approved-by-congress-donald-trump-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T20:32:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T20:32:01","slug":"trump-cancels-nearly-1bn-in-funding-approved-by-congress-donald-trump-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-cancels-nearly-1bn-in-funding-approved-by-congress-donald-trump-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump cancels nearly $1bn in funding approved by Congress | Donald Trump – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

President using rare power to revoke expenditure with bipartisan approval to aid immigrant services
Donald Trump is canceling nearly $1bn in spending approved by Congress, the White House announced on Friday, using a rare and contested power to axe funding for immigrant services and diversity-focused initiatives.
Trump\u2019s office of management and budget described the funding cut as focused on \u201cthe most harmful government spending\u201d.
Most of the cuts are focused on services for immigrants, including non-profits that serve refugees and unaccompanied minors accused of being in the country illegally. The administration says the funds are no longer necessary because illegal border crossings have diminished considerably.
A White House press release<\/a> announcing the funding rescissions notes that some of the organizations are led by people who worked in the administration of Democratic president Barack Obama.
Trump\u2019s move was condemned by senator Susan Collins, a Republican in a tough re-election campaign and chair of the Senate appropriations committee.
Collins said in a statement<\/a> the action came without warning or consultation. She also said she would work to address with colleagues \u201cthese illegal actions\u201d.
\u201cNot only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress\u2019s appropriations powers,\u201d Collins said. \u201cOMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.\u201d
\u201cThis is theft from the American people, plain and simple,\u201d Patty Murray, the Washington Democratic senator, who is vice-chair of the appropriations committee said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cThese are funds Congress has delivered on a bipartisan basis and should be helping people \u2013 not cut off by a president more focused on building a ballroom than investing in families. Every Republican who voted for these bills should be furious, because [Russell] Vought is saying their votes don\u2019t count.\u201d
Typically, Congress can review the president\u2019s proposed spending cuts before they take effect. But Trump made that all but impossible by announcing them with just five days left in the federal fiscal year. The government accountability office has called the maneuver<\/a>, known as a \u201cpocket rescission,\u201d illegal.
Collins called it the latest attempt by OMB to \u201cundermine Congress\u2019s constitutional power of the purse\u201d.
A year ago, Trump issued a pocket rescission for the first time in 50 years by blocking $4.9bn in congressionally approved foreign aid. The US supreme court declined to block those rescissions, saying that Trump\u2019s authority over foreign affairs weighed heavily in its decision. This year, Trump is targeting domestic spending.
The use of a pocket rescission fits part of a broader pattern by the Trump administration<\/a> to exact greater control over the US government, eroding the power of Congress.
The administration has also fired federal workers, imposed a historic increase in tariffs, and started the war in Iran without going through Congress, putting the burden on the judicial branch to determine the limits of presidential power.<\/p>\n

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