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Yesterday’s move came after a federal judge prevented the pause, technically an impoundment of funds, from taking effect. However, the Trump administration will have anticipated judicial intervention. Its aim is to test, very publicly, the limits to executive power.
Impacts
The “pause” memo is producing robust protests from congressional Democrats after a relatively muted response to early Trump actions.
The Senate Budget Committee is to vote today on approving OMB Director nominee Russell Vought, the architect of the OMB impoundment move.
The move to pause government spending came as the White House urges federal employees to take a redundancy package to reduce headcount.
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