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Trump administration uses rare authority to claw back nearly $1B in spending approved by Congress
The White House said the cuts target immigrant services and diversity programs, with $567 million coming from Health and Human Services.
- 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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The U.S. president will use a power to cut funds that will affect the Departments of Trade, Education, Health and Human Services and Justice, among others. Democratic Senator Patty Murray described the White House action as “a robbery of the American people.”
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The Trump administration is cancelling funds for US$810 million allocated by Congress for refugees, immigrants and other services it considers unnecessary, according to a spokesman for the Office of Administration and Budget.
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