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i 100% agree with you, but bc misinfo is going around i wanna point out that they clarified assistance going directly to people (eg snap, medicaid, student loans) arent being frozen
Any program that provides direct benefits to individuals is not subject to the pause. The guidance establishes a process for agencies to work with OMB to determine quickly whether any program is inconsistent with the President's Executive Orders. A pause could be as short as day. In fact, OMB has worked with agencies and has already approved many programs to continue even before the pause has gone into effect. Any payment required by law to be paid will be paid without interruption or delay. Q: Is this a freeze on all Federal financial assistance? A: No, the pause does not apply across-the-board. It is expressly limited to programs, projects, and activities implicated by the President's Executive Orders, such as ending DEI, the green new deal, and funding nongovernmental organizations that undermine the national interest. Q: Is this a freeze on benefits to Americans like SNAP or student loans? A: No, any program that provides direct benefits to Americans is explicitly excluded from the pause and exempted from this review process. In addition to Social Security and Medicare, already explicitly excluded in the guidance, mandatory programs like Medicaid and SNAP will continue without pause. Funds for small businesses, farmers, Pell grants, Head Start, rental assistance, and other similar programs will not be paused. If agencies are concerned that these programs may implicate the President's Executive Orders, they should consult OMB to begin to unwind these objectionable policies without a pause in the payments. Q: Is the pause of federal financial assistance an impoundment? A: No, it is not an impoundment under the Impoundment Control Act. It is a temporary pause to give agencies time to ensure that financial assistance conforms to the policies set out in the President's Executive Orders, to the extent permitted by law. Temporary pauses are a necessary part of program implementation that have been ordered by past presidents to ensure that programs are being executed a…
January 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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the weather: -3 degrees fahrenheit and visible moon
January 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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noooo
18 degrees fahrenheit, cloudy with sun
January 15, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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our planet is increasingly becoming hostile to human life, and no one wants to admit it. the capabilities of modern medicine have expanded rapidly, but i think once that slows, well see the lifespan start to decrease again
a chart of us asthma rates from 2015 to 2019, steadily rising from 9.2% to 9.7%
January 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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