anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social

6 days ago

The Govt. Accountability Office issued a report today finding that the Trump admin has violated a law blocking presidents from withholding funding Congress has approved

@mmolteni.bsky.social & I break it down:

www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/g...

Trump administration violated impoundment law by canceling NIH grants, slowing new awards, GAO finds

The Government Accountability Office found that the Trump administration, by abruptly canceling NIH grants, had violated a 1974 federal law

anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social

6 days ago

we go through the report's findings w/ help from @sbagen.bsky.social @jeremymberg.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @aaas.org

GAO findings are nonbinding but could empower Congress to push back against the Trump administration’s attempts to use NIH’s $48 billion biomedical research budget as leverage over the nation’s colleges, universities, and medical centers, as well provide ammunition to plaintiffs in the many ongoing lawsuits challenging the president’s tactics.

“It is critical President Trump reverse course, stop decimating the NIH, and get every last bit of this funding out. Republicans must join Democrats in pressing on this urgent matter until this money gets out the door — light up the phones at the White House and insist that the president himself answer for this,” Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), vice chair of the Appropriations Committee, said in a statement.

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