OMB freezes all disbursements / USAID shutdown / Govt Funding ordered restored
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StrangePackage
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My friend who works for a disability rights organization is going to be furloughed.
It’s the Orban way of doing things.
sringwal
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I'm curious what this will mean, if anything, for E.C. assistance for students moving forward. Fortunately, I still have triple certification (English, Media Specialist/library sciences, and E.C.) - and am being actively recruited by our social studies department as well, so if I have to shift roles, there are some available.
lawtig02
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This is the answer to literally everything Trump is doing right now.
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I hope that wasn't a typo, but upvote regardless...
CarolinaFever
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What's the use in the states being a part of the federal government if they aren't getting aid or help from the federal government? They might as well all succeed or just get rid of the federal government all together. Of course, then the rural red states would never be able to survive.
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i hope this affects VA and disability benefits....you will see a bunch of angry Trumpsters if so lol
doubt it will he knows his base
doubt it will he knows his base
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So Good Plan?
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GoHeelsweeeehoooo
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Does this effect student loans?
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im so ashamed to be an american and have been for many years. we the people is gone gone goneWow, that Richard Mon... response.
CFordUNC
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CarolinaFever
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Good if true. The media and the public need to tell them how stupid this is.
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The reporting I’ve seen says no impact on federal student loans and Pell grants, but the order was so brief and vague it’s hard to tell.
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Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants
Students and parents panicked after news of the order, but the Education Department said the guidance would not stop the flow of money to students and schools.
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Democrats declare ‘constitutional crisis’ on funding freeze
Senate leaders say bipartisan funding talks are at risk following OMB memo.“… Democrats said the sweeping funding freeze is unlawful under the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, a law that Trump and his allies in turn call unconstitutional.
“We have a constitutional crisis,” said Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), the top Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee, which is scheduled to vote Thursday on Russ Vought, Trump’s White House budget chief and an architect of the spending freeze.
“Congress holds the power of the purse,” added Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.). “That is very clear in the Constitution.”
Republican leaders are so far defending the move.
“I think that's a normal practice at the beginning of administration, until they have an opportunity to review how the money is being spent,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Tuesday morning.
“We'll see kind of what the extent of it is, and … what they intend to do in a more fulsome way. But for now, I think it's just, it's just kind of a preliminary step that I think most administrations take,” Thune continued.
But Democrats are preparing for action. Schumer said that he has already been in touch with New York Attorney General Letitia James. She plans to go to court, he said, “right away on this horror.” …”