Trump has issued a freeze on grants and loans. Here's what it means for your bottom line

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Experts warned that a wide range of activities, including nonprofits, food assistance, student loans and scientific research, could be impacted by this order.
56% : Programs in communities across the entire nation depend on this funding to support our families, and this action is only going to hurt them," she wrote on X.The agencies must submit the information on such programs by February 10, according to the memo.
50% : ""Congress approved these investments and they are not optional, they are the law," the New York Democrat said in a statement posted to X.This order will lead to "missed payrolls and rent payments and everything in between: chaos for everything from universities to non-profit charities, state disaster assistance, local law enforcement, aid to the elderly, and food for those in need," he continued.
47% : From pausing research on cures for childhood cancer to closing homeless shelters, halting food assistance, reducing safety from domestic violence, and shutting down suicide hotlines, the impact of even a short pause in funding could be devastating and cost lives," Yentel said in a post on X. "This order could decimate thousands of organizations and leave neighbors without the services they need.
46% : Outside of a few honorable mentions -- "financial assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology and the Green New Deal" -- the memo did not spell out specific programs that would be impacted.
46% : "At an afternoon briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stressed areas such as Social Security, Medicaid and food stamps would not be impacted by the freeze.
35% : She then attacked the Green New Deal and "wokeness" in justifying the freeze to make sure federal spending remains in line with executive policies.

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