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In January, President Trump issued an executive order directing agencies to freeze billions of dollars in foreign assistance funding.
His action prompted several organizations to sue, and a district court ordered the government to release and commit the funds by September 30.
The Trump administration quickly appealed to the Supreme Court, and on September 9th, the justices temporarily paused the district court’s order to weigh the request.
John, the Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse—so no president has the authority to withhold funds through their expiration date.
That’s why CREW just filed an amicus brief on behalf of Representative Rosa DeLauro arguing that the Supreme Court should deny the Trump administration’s application for a partial stay of the district court’s injunction.
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The Trump administration argues that, because the president has proposed many of the funds at issue for rescission under the Impoundment Control Act (ICA), it can withhold the time-limited funds through their date of expiration—effectively rescinding those amounts without congressional approval.
However, as our amicus brief explains, the administration’s argument defies the plain text of the ICA and tries to give presidents the same line-item veto power the Supreme Court rejected as unconstitutional more than 25 years ago .
The ICA protects Congress’s power of the purse—and it makes crystal clear that no president can run out the clock by withholding funds past their expiration date.
If the Supreme Court grants a partial stay, it could both lend unwarranted credibility to the Trump administration’s incorrect argument that the president can unilaterally rescind congressionally appropriated funding and disrupt ongoing negotiations over funding.
That’s why the Supreme Court should deny the administration’s application for a partial stay and allow the district court’s preliminary injunction unfreezing foreign aid funding to take effect.
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