The Office of Management and Budget has rescinded its call for a pause on payments for federal grants and other programs, the White House announced on Wednesday. But the administration said that only the original memo calling for the freeze had been rescinded — not its effort to review federal spending.
Details about the rescinded order were spelled out in a copy of an agency memo shared by Democracy Forward, which led a legal challenge over the effort. The new memo says the heads of executive departments and agencies should contact their general counsels “if you have questions about implementing the President’s Executive Orders.”
“Facing legal pressure from our clients and in the wake of a federal judge ruling in our case last evening, the Trump-Vance administration has abandoned OMB’s ordered federal funding freeze,” Democracy Forward said in a statement on Wednesday. “We are proud of our courageous clients — who represent communities across the nation — for going to court to stop the administration’s unlawful actions.” MORE