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Evening Wrap: Pocket-rescission clock still runs toward Wednesday fiscal-year end
The White House’s pocket rescission of about $810 million in congressionally appropriated funds — announced Friday and still pending as the federal fiscal year ends Wednesday, Sept. 30 — includes $567 million in HHS services for refugees, asylees and other non-citizens, according to the White House statement and CNBC. Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, R-Maine, called the maneuver a clear violation of the Impoundment Control Act and said the Government Accountability Office has concluded pocket rescissions are not permitted. The package also targets Education migrant-student programs, HHS research lines and other accounts the White House labeled wasteful.
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- The White HousePresident Trump Takes Historic Action to Eliminate Wasteful and Harmful Spending
- CNBCWhite House moves to block $810 million in funding through pocket rescission