Biden reverses Trump last-minute attempt to freeze $27.4 billion of programs

Authored by thehill.com and submitted by 4thdementia

President Biden on Sunday sent a letter to congressional leaders reversing former President Trump Donald TrumpBiden reverses Trump last-minute attempt to freeze .4 billion of programs Trump announces new impeachment legal team after reported departures Republicans scramble to unify heading into next election cycle MORE's last-minute attempt to freeze $27.4 billion in government programs.

Trump had moved, with less than a week left in his term, to freeze the billions in federal funding using a budget maneuver called rescission.

“I am withdrawing 73 proposed rescissions previously transmitted to the Congress,” Biden said in the letter.

The 73 budget reductions that Trump had called for were spread across almost every Cabinet-level agency and mostly lined up with his proposed cuts to domestic program spending in the 2021 federal budget that were rejected by Congress.

Trump had sent a letter to congressional leadership on Jan. 14 asking for the rescissions, including for the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities and the Peace Corps.

Several Democrats in Congress, including House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro Rosa DeLauroBiden reverses Trump last-minute attempt to freeze .4 billion of programs Capitol Police chief apologizes, admits to department's failures in riot House Republicans vow not to support spending bills that repeal Hyde Amendment MORE (D-Conn.), dismissed the president’s requests for cuts right before Biden’s inauguration.

The former president had previously signed the $2.3 trillion government funding bill in December, which included the most recent COVID-19 relief package, but had expressed dissatisfaction, saying he would ask for “wasteful items” to be removed.

Taurius on February 1st, 2021 at 03:07 UTC »

Trump didn't do a damn thing in the last few weeks other than golf, get paid for pardons, and scream at the tv. The ones who made all of these paper work for Trump to sign need to be exposed in their attempt to burn everything down before Biden took over.

ogier_79 on February 1st, 2021 at 03:04 UTC »

I take a disturbing amount of pleasure from seeing Biden quickly and easily dismantling all the road blocks Trump attempted and stepping into his role seamlessly and confidently.

4thdementia on February 1st, 2021 at 02:23 UTC »

Trump had sent a letter to congressional leadership on Jan. 14 asking for the [cuts], including for the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities and the Peace Corps.

He wanted to cut from the very agencies that need money THE MOST🤬