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Trump govt freezes US$26b for Democratic-led states
White House budget director Russell Vought said about US$8 billion in “Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” is being cut, hitting 16 states, most of which are led by Democrats.
Meanwhile, the US Transportation Department...
On the first day of the federal government shutdown, United States President Donald Trump’s administration froze US$26 billion in funding for Democratic-led states, which he described as a “good” opportunity to cut “things that we didn’t want”, reported Xinhua.
White House budget director Russell Vought said about US$8 billion in “Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left’s climate agenda” is being cut, hitting 16 states, most of which are led by Democrats.
Meanwhile, the US Transportation Department (USDOT) halted US$18 billion for infrastructure projects in New York, where the Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and the House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have been frequently targeted by Trump, reported the New York Times on Wednesday.
The department blamed Schumer and Jeffries for the funding freeze.
“Thanks to the Chuck Schumer and Hakeem shutdown, USDOT’s review of New York’s unconstitutional practices will take more time,” it said in a statement.
“Without a budget, the department has been forced to furlough the civil rights staff responsible for conducting this review,” it added.
Schumer said the Trump administration is using the government shutdown to “blackmail” Democratic states.
“He is using the American people as pawns, threatening pain on the country as blackmail,” Schumer said.
The US Senate on Wednesday failed to approve a short-term spending bill, as the federal government entered its first shutdown in nearly seven years.
“A lot of good can come down from shutdowns,” Trump said on Tuesday. “We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn’t want.”
Reuters reported on Thursday that some 750,000 federal workers were ordered not to work, while others began to work without pay.
- Bernama
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