Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social

7 days ago

BREAKING: Watchdog government agency finds the NIH and the Trump administration have illegally withheld funds in violation of the Impoundment Control Act, and rips into HHS for failing to justify its slow-walking of funds.

www.gao.gov/products/b-3...

Department of Health and Human Services—National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act to Availability of Funds for Grants

Congress appropriated amounts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to carry out various research objectives for fiscal year 2025. In accordance...

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@mistergrueso.bsky.social
6 days ago

elect a criminal expect illegality!

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Tim Satterwhite @timsatterwhite.bsky.social
6 days ago

And we’re all like, “duh.”

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Dougered @dghacket.bsky.social
6 days ago

Thats the deathknell for the GAO then

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Max Kozlov @maxkozlov.bsky.social
6 days ago

The Impoundment Control Act authorizes the head of GAO to file a lawsuit if the agency finds the President illegally impounded funds (as it did here).

It has not yet done so, despite four findings of illegal impoundment this year.

Republicans are working to stop the GAO from doing so, NYT reports.

White House Leads Push to Block Watchdog’s Inquiries Into Spending Cuts

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Sean Ekins @collabchem.bsky.social
6 days ago

Wait till he fires them or DOGEs them too.

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Agnes Jones Trower @agnesjtrow.bsky.social
6 days ago

📌

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Department of Health and Human Services—National Institutes of Health—Application of Impoundment Control Act to Availability of Funds for Grants

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White House Leads Push to Block Watchdog’s Inquiries Into Spending Cuts