Judge blocks OMB from retroactively cutting grants based on new rules
A federal judge in Boston on Friday blocked the Office of Management and Budget from using an obscure grant termination clause to revoke billions of dollars in federal funding based on shifting agency priorities.U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states, three governors, and the District of Columbia challenging the policy. “The President and his allies cannot hold critical programs hostage to their personal whims and political ideologies, destabilizing the country by yanking essential federal funding that was already awarded to the states.”
- ▪A federal judge in Boston on Friday blocked the Office of Management and Budget from using an obscure grant termination clause to revoke billions of dollars in federal funding based on shifting agency priorities.U.S.
- ▪District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states, three governors, and the District of Columbia challenging the policy.
- ▪“The President and his allies cannot hold critical programs hostage to their personal whims and political ideologies, destabilizing the country by yanking essential federal funding that was already awarded to the states.”
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A federal judge in Boston on Friday blocked the Office of Management and Budget from using an obscure grant termination clause to revoke billions of dollars in federal funding based on shifting agency priorities.U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states, three governors, and the District of Columbia challenging the policy. Recommended Stories Judge blocks OMB from retroactively cutting grants based on new rules How China stole voter registration from 220 million US citizens, according to declassified materials Judge rules against Trump’s firing of FEMA CFO The states sued last year, arguing the administration had improperly invoked the clause to terminate grants…
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