Washington – President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday canceled the cost of cold on federal grants, after less than two days it was facing widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, from this case According to two people familiar.
On Monday evening order of the White House Office of Management and Budget created uncertainty on an important financial lifeline for states, schools and organizations, which rely on trillion dollars from Washington and left the White House to tell it. What will happen and what will not happen. For a stagnation in funding.
Talking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal guidance, people confirmed that OMB on Wednesday ordered agencies and departments in two sentence notice.
Administration officials said that the decision to stop the loan and grant was necessary to ensure that the executive orders of Trump complose the recent blitz. The agencies were directed to answer a series of yes or not on each federal program by 7 February. Question “Does this program promote gender ideology?” And “Does this program somehow promote or support abortion?”
But throughout the day, the introduction of the word jointly with the incomplete answers of the White House, MPs, public authorities and average Americans are struggling to find out which programs will be affected by the break. Even temporary obstruction in funding can cause trimmed or delay in public services.
The freeze was scheduled to be effective at 5 pm on Tuesday evening, but was stopped by a federal judge at least till Monday after an emergency hearing requested by non -profit groups receiving federal grants. An additional case was also pending by the Democratic State Attorney General.
Officials of the Trump administration said that programs providing direct assistance to Americans including Medicare, Social Security, Student Loans and Food Tickets would not be affected. But they sometimes struggled to provide a clear picture.
White House press secretary Karolin Lewitt did not initially say whether Medicid was exempted from freeze, but the administration later clarified that it was.
Although Trump promised to reverse Washington, if selected for a second term, his efforts to stop funding were felt away from the country’s capital. Organizations such as food on food, which receive federal funds to give food to the elderly, and were concerned about cutting the head starts that provide early childcare in low -income communities.
Democratic critics of the order proceeded rapidly to celebrate the action.
“This is an important victory for American people, whose voice was heard after mass pressure from every corner of this country. “Nevertheless, through a combination of Trump administration – sheer disability, cruel intentions, and a unique disregard of law – real damage and chaos has been used for millions of people at an interval of last 48 hours which is still going on . ”
New York Senate Democratic Leader Chak Shumor said that “Americans fought back and Donald Trump returned.