The coalition of public prosecutors plans to file an action on Tuesday afternoon to block the order from the White House budget office, which would freeze all federal grant programs by 17:00 on Tuesday.
This step was announced by Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, a democratic leader, at a press conference in Capitol on Tuesday morning. States that join the suit include New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
“My office will take immediate legal steps against the unconstitutional break of this administration on federal financing,” the General Prosecutor of New York, Letitia James, he wrote on social media Tuesday. “We will not sit idly while this administration damages our families.”
The order of freezing, and Two -page note The importance of the Directive was unclear from Matthew J. Vaeth, the reigning director of the Office for Management and Budget.
The Court of Justice opens another queue in what will be a long legal struggle led by democratic states and progressive activists to stop the aggressive aggressive agenda of President Trump in federal courts. Mr. Trump’s efforts to do that Easier to shoot Federal employees, accelerate deportations and reverse the warranty 14. Appendix to citizenship on native law, all of them are already facing court challenges.
From 1974, Federal Law He passed on what Congress considered as abuse of power by Richard M. Nixon, demanding that the executive branch to spend money allocated by congress and signed by the president. The Democrats say that the money approved by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Through the Infrastructure Act, routine congress resources cannot be summarized and other measures cannot be summarized without a congress. It is said to be the unconstitutional usurp force of the legislative branch of the handbag
The memorandum on the budget office said that “assistance received directly individuals”, as well as benefits of Medicare and Social Security, a pause will not be affected. However, it remains unclear whether this carving would include Medicaid, a federally financed program where money flows first to the states and then provided for low -income residents.
For example, according to the state budget office, the state of New York will be expected to receive approximately $ 90 billion this year. Of this, about $ 60 billion would be directed to Medicaid, which provides care of about seven million New Yorkers. The State Budget Office also expects to receive about $ 4.7 billion to finance education and nearly $ 3 billion to invest in transport infrastructure. All this money could now be vulnerable.
“In the case of a substantial hit Medicaid financing, millions of people, including many who voted for President Trump, will lose health insurance,” said Nathan Gusdorf, director of the Institute for Fiscal Policy, a non -profit research organization in New York.
On Tuesday morning, civil servants and organizations that receive federal financing were struggling with the scale and the consequences of this remark. Many of them learned of the freezing of the night before the memorandum was published on social media.
“This order is a potential five alarm fire for non -profit organizations and the people and communities they serve,” said Diane Yentel, CEO of the National Council of Non -Profit Organizations.
Chris Cameron contributed to this report.
