The White House Budget Bureau has ordered subsidies, loans, and other federal financial support, according to memo sent to government agencies on Monday. they.
The order threatened to promote the course throughout the US economy. Hundreds of billions of subsidies for states, regions and tribal governments. Disaster relief assistance. Funding education and transportation. Loan to SMEs.
However, the two -page memo of Matthew J. Varth, the representative director of the Administration Budget Bureau, left the scope of the suspension.
In the uncertainty, President Trump had the authority to unilaterally stop the funds assigned by Congress. Senator Chuck Schumer in New York, a Senate Democratic leader, stated in a statement that the memo was “betrayed the law.”
“Congress has approved these investments, but they are not optional. They are law,” said Schumar, “Donald Trump must be instructed to make his administration immediately reversed. , Taxpayer's money should be distributed to people. “
In his memo, Virth instructed the federal agency to “temporarily suspend all activities related to all federal financial support or payment” and “day, wake -up gender ideology. And other programs including “Green New Deal”.
Vaeth states that the suspension to be enforced on Tuesday will continue at least until mid -February, and it is necessary to provide detailed reports on programs affected by February 10. I did it. To secure Trump's policy priority and federal program, it was necessary to pause.
“Use of federal resources to promote the fairness of Marxist, transgender, green Newdill social engineering policy is a waste of taxpayers who do not improve our daily lives,” Verses. I said.
I didn't immediately know which program corresponded to these categories. For example, Green New Deal was a policy proposal that was not a law.
A previously reported memo by a journalist Marisa Kabas specifies the program that supports non -governmental organizations. The non -profit group responded to the alarm.
“The order is a non -profit organization and the people who serve them and the five potential fire for the community,” said Dian Jentel, the highest executive officer of the Non -profit organization. 。
“From suspension of research on pediatric cancer treatment to stop food assistance, safety caused by domestic violence, and closure of suicide hotline, the impact of short -term funding may be devastating and expensive. There is, “she added. “This order can destroy thousands of organizations and leave neighbors without the necessary services.”
This memo quoted “$ 3 trillion or more” in federal financial support, which could be affected by the order, but the source of the number was unknown and was quoted for the federal government's total expenditure. The memo was swelling significantly. Government analyst presumed the budget for FY2024 to $ 6.75 trillion, and Virth's memo claimed that the government spent almost $ 10 trillion in that year.
The budget bureau's memo has separated not only med care and social security benefits, but also the exceptions of “support directly received by individuals”. This memo also seems to have recognized the legal limit of execution force interfered with the legally obligatory program, and government agencies are “as far as applied.” He said that it was necessary to make a pause.
It is unknown what was set under the definition of individual support, and notes did not provide examples of what kind of qualifications the program was qualified or qualified. Many farmers and small and medium -sized business owners receive a subsidy from the federal government, but it is unknown whether they will be counted as individual support or support for business.
Congress, for example, has established a program several decades before providing a farm loan to women, racial minorities, and native Americans. This is the program that the first Trump administration participated. The program may be scrutinized in similarities that are theoretically recognized as “waking up.” “” Day “or” Fair of Marxism “.
Karl Cholz, President of Oregon University, said the Monday command was to “create many questions.” However, he is trying to interpret notes and results, like many other people in the academic and government, and the researchers are “deep in gaining greater visibility about what is actually happening. I am interested, and I am experiencing a lot of anxiety. “
The report has been contributed Glentsugu,, Maggie Harborman,, Amy Schoenfeld Walker,, David A. Falent Hold and Alain Brinder。
