US EditionArmy Corps of Engineers pausing $11 billion in projects over shutdown, Trump budget chief says
The Trump administration paused $11 billion in Army Corps projects in Democratic cities to pressure lawmakers during the 17-day government shutdown, officials said.
- On Friday, White House OMB Director Russell Vought announced the Army Corps of Engineers will immediately pause over $11 billion in lower-priority projects, including in New York, San Francisco, Boston and Baltimore.
- Political pressure tactics have driven White House Office of Management and Budget actions since the shutdown began this month, targeting Democrat-favored programs for cuts, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday.
- Vought announced the suspension of over $11 billion in projects, including $8 billion for climate efforts across 16 states and $2.1 billion for Chicago infrastructure.
- Federal agencies began issuing reduction-in-force notices last week as Vought oversaw layoffs, but a federal judge in San Francisco temporarily blocked the job cuts, while Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer accused the president of `petty revenge politics`.
- Vought said the shutdown had drained the Corps' capacity to manage projects, and Mr. Trump promised a Friday list of cancellations, but only Vought's post was public by Friday afternoon.
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Vought: Army Corps pausing $11B in projects in 4 Democratic cities
White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought said Friday the Army Corps of Engineers is pausing $11 billion of funding in projects in four states. Democratic-led cities Baltimore, New York, San Francisco and Boston will be impacted by funding halt. “The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers’ ability to…
What Army Corps of Engineers funding did Boston have paused? It's unclear so far
A top White House official says Boston and other large U.S. cities had a total of $11 billion in Army Corps of Engineer-managed projects paused, and potentially canceled, amid the government shutdown. But Friday’s announcement from Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, didn’t specify which projects were paused. He said that information would come from the Army Corps of Engineers itself. The Army Corps of Engineers hel…
Army Corps of Engineers pauses $11 billion in funding for projects over shutdown
New York will face the biggest bulk of funding cuts with projects in New York City, but cities in California, Massachusetts and Maryland will also see reductions because of the shutdown, which began Oct. 1.
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