Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration freeze on broad swath of federal payments

WASHINGTON — A federal district judge ruled Tuesday the Trump administration must wait until at least next week before it can move forward with pausing federal spending on trillions in grants and loans, though she emphasized the short-term administrative stay might not continue after a Feb. 3 hearing.

District Judge Loren L. AliKhan’s decision temporarily blocks the Office of Management and Budget from moving forward with plans to stop payments on multiple federal programs, which it announced late Monday.

The two-page memo from the Office of Management and Budget announcing the freeze led to significant confusion throughout the day Tuesday among members of Congress — including Republicans — about what programs were affected and frustration the White House appeared to be eroding lawmakers’ constitutional spending authority...

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Ken Notes: I work on several Federally funded projects, and many are on hold waiting to see how this resolves. Thus even with the court`s temporarily block the freeze is having an impact. WWHNews does not take a political position and we are focused on solving the housing problem in Wisconsin but as we move forward we need to know how we can all work together. I am worried that bi-partisan is now off the table and bi-partisan is the only viable solution I see.