Sounds like strait up Politics to me……
And the money /funds arm twisting does NOT seem to be working against rthe Democrat’s…
The Trump administration is pausing more than $11 billion in projects to mostly Democratic-led cities, the Office of Management and Budget director announced on Friday.
The big picture: The White House is continuing to pressure and blame Democrats over the shutdown, as well as point to the suspension as the reason it is firing workers and cutting spending.
Driving the news: Russell Vought, head of the budget office, wrote on X that the Army Corps of Engineers will be pausing funding to “lower-priority projects” and considering them for cancellation.
- Vought said those include projects in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore.
- “The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to manage billions of dollars in projects,” Vought wrote.
The other side: “This newly announced pause of preapproved funding for the Army Corps of Engineers projects in blue cities – including Baltimore – is another example of the Trump Administration placing partisan politics over the welfare of the American people,” U.S. Rep Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) wrote on X.
Context: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs about 37,000 people and provides engineering services to both U.S.-based infrastructure and military projects abroad.
Between the lines: Vought’s announcement continues the White House’s targeting of federal money to Democratic-leaning states during the shutdown…
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