Dems Slam Trump Admins Over Alleged $436b Spending Block

Two top Democrats have blasted President Donald Trump and Elon Musk for what they declare is nan administration’s withholding of much than $430 billion in already congressionally approved funding.

The stiff allotments span nan national government, according to nan first estimate of nan imaginable impoundments successful nan task led by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who released nan figures to coincide pinch nan management marking its 100 days successful office. 

They impeach nan Trump management of ignoring law spending rules and denying Americans nan backing they are legally owed.

Elon Musk and President Donald Trump talk astir DOGE's efforts to analyse wasteful U.S. authorities spending from nan Oval Office of nan White House successful Washington, DC, connected February 11, 2025. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Murray and DeLauro estimate that nan Trump management has withheld astatine slightest $436.87 cardinal successful congressionally approved national backing crossed aggregate agencies, including for nan United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and nan Transportation Departent. Trump campaigned connected slashing authorities discarded and reducing nan size of nan national government.

He appointed Musk to beryllium caput of nan Department of Government Efficiency to guidelines retired waste, fraud and corruption successful nan national authorities successful bid to expedite his schedule and besides sought to propulsion each monies for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

"While President Trump is pushing to walk monolithic caller taxation breaks for billionaires for illustration himself, he is unilaterally blocking hundreds of billions of dollars successful investments owed to nan American people," Murray and DeLauro said successful a associated statement. 

"No American president has ever truthful flagrantly ignored our nation’s spending laws aliases truthful brazenly denied nan American group investments they are owed."

The lawmakers released a locator to support nan nationalist up to day pinch nan figures. Fox News Digital reached retired to nan White House to verify if nan figures were accurate.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who jointly released nan figures to coincide pinch nan management marking its 100 days successful office, claims nan Trump management is Top Democrats impeach Trump management of freezing astir $437 cardinal successful congressionally approved funds, perchance violating law spending powers successful a awesome budgetary dispute. (Getty Images)

According to nan tracker, almost $42 cardinal was stiff aliases canceled for nan State Department, including nan stiff support for USAID, on pinch different $62 billion-plus successful competitory assistance backing for nan Transportation Department.

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The Democrats besides elaborate $943 cardinal stiff for nan Head Start early-education programme and much than $10 cardinal successful stiff and canceled backing for nan Natural Resources Conservation Service.

The $436.87 cardinal is nan minimum magnitude of national backing nan Committees judge nan management is presently freezing, canceling, aliases fighting successful tribunal to block, they said. 

"Instead of making our communities and our federation safer, President Trump is holding up nationalist information grants and captious investments Congress has made to fortify our nationalist security," nan Democrats said. 

"Bottom line: alternatively of investing successful nan American people, President Trump is ignoring our laws and ripping resources distant from them—insisting our state cannot spend to thief families make ends meet astatine nan aforesaid clip he seeks complete $5 trillion successful caller taxation breaks for billionaires."

The Democrats besides singled retired Russ Vought, nan caput Office of Management and Budget.

The administration's refusal to walk congressionally authorized costs amounts to a situation of nan Constitution, which gives Congress oversight over spending, nan lawmakers said. 

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., slammed nan Trump management for blocking funds.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images)

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The management has not submitted immoderate general rescission requests, arsenic required nether nan Impoundment Control Act of 1974.

The Democrats besides said that DOGE promised to beryllium transparent but has grounded to supply Congressional oversight requests and refused to reply basal questions from nan press. 

"The unprecedented deficiency of transparency and responsiveness makes search what backing is being blocked each nan much difficult, and it remains nan Trump administration's work to not only travel our spending laws but to explicate its actions to date," Murray and DeLauro said. 

Reuters contributed to this report.