Washington (AP) -The White House was on Tuesday on Tuesday when the government of President Donald Trump begins a general ideological review of his expenses.
The financing of the Republican administration could affect billions of dollars and cause widespread disorder of health research, educational programs and other initiatives. Even grants that have been granted but not issued should be stopped.
“The use of federal resources to promote marxist equity, transgenderism and Green New Deal Social Engineering guidelines is a waste of taxpayers that do not improve the daily life of those we serve,” said a memo by Matthew Vaeth. The incumbent director of the office for management and budget.
Democrats and independent organizations quickly criticized the administration and described their actions as moody and illegal because the congress had already approved the financing.
“More lawlessness and chaos in America, since the government of Donald Trump openly the law by providing practically all important means, supporting the programs in every municipality in the whole country,” says a statement by the Senate Minister of Minister Chuck Schumer, one Democrat from New York. If this continues, the American people pay a terrible price. “
The break has an effect at 5 p.m. and from the memo it is unclear what it will be. Vaeth said that all the expenditure must correspond to Trump’s executive commands that should reverse progressive steps to transgender rights, environmental equality and diversity, justice and inclusion or the efforts.
Vaeth wrote: “Each agency must carry out a comprehensive analysis of all federal financial aid programs in order to identify programs, projects and activities that may be involved in one of the president’s executive commands.”
Washington is a center of expenses that flow to different departments, local governments, non -profit organizations and contractors, and the memo has left countless people who are dependent on the money and are wondering how they will be affected.
The break is the latest example of how Trump uses his power through the federal system to improve its conservative goals. Unlike in his first term when Trump and many members of his inner circle were not familiar with Washington, he intervenes deeply into the bureaucracy this time.
“They drive the president’s agenda from the bottom up,” said Paul Light, expert for the federal government and the emeritus professor of the public service at New York University.
He also said that Trump’s approach offers risks, especially for so many voters who are dependent on Washington.
“You can not only problematic, uncomplicated, uncomplicated. You have to deliver. “
According to Memo, medical and social security benefits are not influenced by the break. However, there was no explanation of whether the break would affect medicaid, food brands, disaster reliefs and other programs. The memo states that it should be implemented “so far within the framework of applicable law”.
“Do you stop NIh Cancer attempts?” Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, wrote on social media and referred to the national health institutes.
A briefing with the press spokeswoman for the White House, Karoline Leavitt, is planned for 1 p.m.
Senator Patty Murray from Washington and MP Rose Delauro from Connecticut, the top democrats in the Senate and the household committees, expressed “Extreme alarm” in a letter to Vaeth.
“The measures of this administration will have far -reaching consequences for almost all federal programs and activities and the financial security of our families, our national security and success of our country will endanger,” they wrote.
