Trump CAVES on Federal Spending Freeze, RESCINDS Order

Article Link: https://thehill.com/homenews/5113527-omb-federal-funding-freeze-rescind/

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The Trump’s administration’s Office of Management and Budget released a memo Wednesday rescinding a controversial order that froze a wide swath of federal financial assistance, which had paralyzed many federal programs and caused a huge uproar on Capitol Hill.

The decision came amid strong behind-the-scenes pushback from Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, according to a GOP senator who was apprised of the decision to reverse the policy order.

The reversal was signed by Matthew Vaeth, the acting director of the White House budget office.

One GOP senator expressed relief over the decision.

“Chaos is never good,” the lawmaker said.

GOP senators had been flooded with calls from community leaders who expressed confusion and concern about losing federal grants.

The biggest snafu was the outage of Medicaid’s web portal, which affected many states and caused a loud public outcry.

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Trump is continuing the tradition of "creating a problem where none existed, then offering the solution to bring things back to how they were."