It’s the third time this year that investigators from the Government Accountability Office have determined the administration defied Congress on spending.
Republicans are seeking to undermine the Government Accountability Office as it investigates, and considers suing, over the Trump administration’s withholding federal funds.
White House officials including Russell T. Vought, its budget director, are targeting the Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan agency that helps Congress parcel out money more effectively.
The money will allow federally funded after-school programs to open this school year, preserving a lifeline for working parents. But other federal dollars remain on hold.
The National Capital Planning Commission has become pivotal in the administration’s campaign to discredit Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve.
White House officials have focused their attention on the cost of renovating the Federal Reserve building, suggesting that the $2.5 billion makeover could be grounds for sacking Jerome H. Powell.
In voting for President Trump’s cancellation of $9 billion in spending they had already approved, Republicans in Congress showed they were willing to cede their power of the purse.
Russell T. Vought, the head of the Office of Management and Budget, said he and other administration officials wanted access to the Fed’s building in Washington.
President Trump’s budget director continued the administration’s pressure campaign against Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, seated, on Thursday.
The vote to take up legislation to rescind $9 billion in congressionally approved funds suggested that Republicans would bow to the president’s wishes in the simmering fight over spending powers.
Many Republicans initially balked at slashing $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which funds more than 1,500 public television and radio stations across the country, including NPR and PBS stations.
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