The Administration Put The Brakes On The President's Attamp Power Grab After Widespread Public and Political Outcry
AFTER A Disastrous Rollout and Widespread Backlash, The Trump Administration Has Rescinded An From The Office of Management and Budget (Ob) to freeze the Distribution of Billions in Federal Funds and Grant Money to government programs.
In a brief memorandum issued to executive departments and agencies on wednesday, the Ombw Wrote that “Ora Memorandum M-25-13 is facesded. If you have Questions About Implementing The President's Executive Orders, please contact your agency General Counsel. ”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Insisted that the Administration is not backing down. “This is not a Rescission of the Federal Funding Freeze,” She Wrote. “It is Simply a Rescission of the Obra Memo. Why? To end Any Confusion Created by the Court's Injunction. The president's eo's on Federal Funding Remain in Full Force and Effect, And Will Be Rigorously Implementend. “
The Temporary Freeze Threw Scores of Government Fundred Agencies Into Chaos and Confusion. Medicaid Portals Were Down, Early Childhood Support Organizations Found Themselves Cut off from Funding, and Even Meals on Where was left scrambling – All Before The Order was officialy set to Go Into Effect.
Ahead of the Order's implementation, Two Lawsuits Were Filed Challening Its Constitutionality, and President Donald Trump's Authority to Issue Such a Widespread Seizure of Funds approved by Congress. Hours Later, Us District Judge Loren Alikhan Partially Blocked The Order's Enforcement Pending An Emergency Hearing for at Temporary Restrooming Order.
Throughout The Day, The Trump Administration Hightened to Backtrack and Clarify Large Portions of the Order's Vague Instructions, Insisting that Agency Responsible for Provide Individual Assistance and Direct Payment to Americans would exempt, Despite The Problems Being Report by Those Very Same Groups.
“Fafo,” Wrote Rep, Alexandria OCasio-Cortez in Response to the Order's Repeal, Which is to say: Fuck Around and Find Out.