Patty Murray, D-Wash. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. This story was originally published by the Washington State Standard. District Judge Loren L. AliKhan, appointed to the bench by former President Joe Biden, added that any funding impacted by separate executive orders is not covered by the temporary administrative stay she issued. She ordered for both sides in the case to file briefs to her later this week, and scheduled a hearing for Feb. She was unable to answer questions about the effect on Medicaid benefits but a later White House memo claimed they would continue without interruption.
Nonetheless, Democratic U. Maine Republican Sen. But nevertheless, it does have a large impact on the provision of services and programs. Collins said she had concerns about the Head Start program being listed among those that will have a spending freeze. A separate memo from OMB lists off the programs that will be paused temporarily while it reviews which federal spending it deems appropriate.
However, some senators reported the Medicaid portal was inaccessible on Tuesday afternoon. Oregon Democratic Sen. Numerous organizations β including the National Council of Nonprofits, American Public Health Association and Main Street Alliance β filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday ahead of the temporary pause taking effect.
Democratic attorneys general were also preparing to file a lawsuit, challenging the legality of the temporary spending pause on grants and loans. New York state Attorney General Letitia James said during a virtual press conference announcing the lawsuit that Trump had overstepped his presidential powers by instituting the temporary spending pause.
The top Democrats on the U. Vaeth, expressing alarm about how the stop in payments would affect people throughout the country and challenging the legality of the executive branch trying to overrule the legislative branch on spending decisions. Congress has passed several laws regarding that constitutional authority, including the Impoundment Control Act, which says that the president cannot simply refuse to spend money Congress has appropriated.
