Senate Dems speaking now about the OMB grants and loans freeze.
SCHUMER: Last night, President Trump plunged the country into chaos, without a shred of warning.
Says his AG is going straight to the courts on this issue.
SCHUMER: Last night, President Trump plunged the country into chaos, without a shred of warning.
Says his AG is going straight to the courts on this issue.
“It’s hard to overstate how destructive this issue is for the country,” Schumer says, adding Russ Vought is a “danger.”
More Schumer: “the President does not have the ability to ignore the law and we’re going to fight this every way we can.”
Patty Murray, the top Dem on appropriations, says senate budget chair Lindsey Graham should HOLD Vought’s nomination.
It’s scheduled for a vote in committee on Thursday.
It’s scheduled for a vote in committee on Thursday.
Dems hammering hard that it’s Congress, not OMB, that has the power of the purse.
Many noting that cancer research, highway funding, rural hospitals, etc may all be impacted.
Many noting that cancer research, highway funding, rural hospitals, etc may all be impacted.
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