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Donald Trump Illegally Withholding $7 Billion In School Funds, No Reason, Just Being A Prick (www.wonkette.com)

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What’s left of the US Department of Education told state education agencies across the nation Monday that they can’t have some $6.8 billion in funding they’d been expecting to be released on Tuesday as part of the normal budgeting process. The funds were passed by Congress in March as part of the continuing resolution that kept the government open, but just because Congress makes appropriations doesn’t mean Donald Trump has to release them, because Russ Vought told him the Constitution no longer applies to him. By law, the funds were supposed to be released on July 1, but again, laws are but playthings for Great Leader, who am the Law.

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[–] JerkyChew@lemmy.one 6 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I work for a state education department. We had to revamp our entire budget which included the fed piece, already been set in stone until suddenly it... Wasn't. Had to cancel a lot of projects and a fair amount of employees.