Washington – The Trump administration created confusion and anger among democratic leaders, state officials and federal project managers on Tuesday, with the vague order to stop “all federal financial aid”, considering whether the fund is similar The new president's agenda.
The Management and Budget Office Order – The White House was released on Monday on Monday and began to return on Tuesday – provoking California and other states, which prompted President Trump's non -constitutional power, which would be harmful to vulnerable people.
“We will not stand when the President is trying to disrupt the major programs that feed our children, provide medical services to our families and support the homes in our communities.” General Rob Ponta told a news conference. “As underlined in our Constitution, we will not stand when the president is violating the law and violating his power.”
Ponda said the order threatens trillion dollars in federal funds, and it was “irresponsible, it is dangerous, unprecedented, and its purposeful effect is disastrous.”
New York Atti. Gen. Ledidia James, who led the effort with Ponda, called the memo “clearly unconstitutional”.
“Which laws should be implemented, for whom the president did not decide,” James said. “When Congress dedicates funds for a project, the president cannot pull that fund to a will.”
Ponda and James spoke after a day, and the assumptions about the purpose of the order – the White House was working to specify the limit of the order.
The White House released the renovated memo on Tuesday, which expanded the list of exempted programs from the financial suspension, which includes social security, medical aid, medical aid and a food assistance scheme called Snap. The White House said that small businesses, farmers, Bell Grand Recipients, Head Start, Rental Aid “and other similar projects would be exempted,” the White House said.
Trump's journalist secretary Caroline Levit said that the order was “not a blanket not suspended for federal aid and subsidized projects,” and that anyone who receives “personal assistance from the central government” will continue to receive that assistance. He said that the upcoming cuts are temporary on Tuesday afternoon and that the leaders of federal projects are free to call the Budget officials to create a case that the leaders of federal projects should not freeze their plans.
He suggested that the administration was clear on the purpose of the order, and the confusion only to the media.
Both James and Ponda said that the White House efforts did not resolve their concerns or deny the need for their case, after the program managers and terrified benefit recipients across the country were confused.
On the contrary, Ponda said that the initial directive was “throwing state plans in confusion” and the White House efforts to clarify it.
James said some states had already reported that financially had been frozen, including plans that the White House would not be affected. Many states have been expelled from their medical aid refunds, he said. Other affected projects in different states include Head Start and Child Development Block Grants, he said.
California is expected to distribute 8 168.3 billion in federal funds and subsidies in the financial year ended on June 30. Officials evaluate what the fund is in danger. According to internal emails, Los Angeles officials were also raging at the local level to understand this order that affects housing vouchers and homeless aid subsidies.
Ponda said he would coordinate with other state officials, believes it Federal disaster relief fund LA's catastrophic wildfire is at risk under the order to recover from the wildfire.
Matthew J. The bustling began on Monday after the release of a memo, announcing a “temporary suspension” on Ved, subsidies, loans and other financial aid.
Wet wrote that the voters had given Trump “the order to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer” and that Trump should decide which government's costs to be incorporated with his agenda.
“Defends to improve financial aid management priorities, focus on taxpayer dollars to improve strong and secure America, eliminate the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleash US energy and production, end the 'aristocrats' and the government's weapons of weapons, and the government is re -health.” “The use of federal resources to improve the Marxist stock, transgender new contracting social engineering policies is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
The Democrats immediately began to sound alarms, and that the structure was beyond the constitution and the border of Trump's power, the Congress generally allocates funds, not the White House.
Senate Vice President Patty Murray (T-Wash) said the fact that the Congress has the power of the wallet “is” very clear in the constitution. “
Sen. Sen of the Senate Budget Committee. Jeff Mergli (T-Ore) called the White House action “Constitutional Crisis.” His team is scheduled to vote on Thursday Trump's appointment Russeed as the Budget Chairman of the White House. The architect of the cost freezing.
The original Memorandum has ordered all federal organizations to conduct the “comprehensive analysis” of their expenses, in which the principles of the president are “in accordance with the principles of the president” and the boat of the administrative orders issued by Trump in recent days.
In the Middle Ages – Federal agencies – “permitted under applicable laws” – all funds that occur under Trump's orders or “other relevant agency activities” or funds, but not limited, but foreign aid, NGOs, dei, awakened gender ideology and greenery, including funds. Help for the new agreement, ”wrote Ved.
Business said the memo said that the Trump administration would provide time to “determine the best applications of the fund”.
Leading Republicans often supported the move – suggesting that this is a normal act for incoming administration.
“I think this is a normal practice at the beginning of the administration. As long as they have the opportunity to review how the money is spent,” Senate's majority leader John Tune said Tuesday morning.
The Democrats disagreed – the White House, especially important reactions before the explanations of the White House.
Senate minority leader Chukh Sumar (TNO) called “outrageous” and “in the center of the average American family in red states and blue countries, cities, suburbs, rural areas and rural areas.”
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (T-San Francisco) wrote that Trump's “illegal plan will raise costs, affect working families and deny important resources for the needy.” Representative John Karemendy (T-Walnat Grove) said the order would lead to the suffering of Americans.
Alliance including American Public Health Azn. And non -profit national council Challenge independently Memo in court.
This order followed a separate order to prevent a wide range of foreign aid by the Trump administration.
UCLA Professor Mark A. Peterson, without the original memo prototype, left the radical clarity of what it affects and how it applies, as well as its period.
Peterson said, “In the view of Trump administration, the aroma may be threatened in dealing with equity or addition problems,” he said – “There is a lot of misunderstanding about those problems.”
Ponda said he feared that the recent orders of the White House were providing federal funds for wildfire relief following LA's fire. Already, Republicans are talking about accepting some demands that the Democrats do not relate to such funds, Ponta noted that – this is disturbing.
“We need it. Now we need it. We need it yesterday and without conditions,” he said.
Officials said Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rode Island will join California and New York.
From Washington, Binho reported from San Francisco's Rector and Albert Rais from Los Angeles. Times employee writer Dariyan Luna contributed to the report.