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Update: Pocket-rescission clock still runs toward Wednesday fiscal-year end
The Trump administration’s pocket rescission of about $810 million in congressionally approved spending — announced Friday and still pending as the federal fiscal year ends Wednesday, Sept. 30 — includes some $567 million aimed at Health and Human Services programs supporting refugees, asylees and other noncitizens, Fox News reported. The White House also targets education programs for migrant students and what it labeled “Woke International Education” grants. Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, called the move an unlawful attempt to undermine Congress’s power of the purse, citing a Government Accountability Office view that pocket rescissions are not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act; OMB Director Russ Vought has argued the statute does not forbid end-of-year rescissions.
- Fox NewsTrump revives rare budget maneuver to rescind $810M in congressionally approved funds