Oregon officials explore legal action to challenge Trump's order pausing federal funding

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : While the directive is broad, including all federal financial assistance, the memo also includes a caveat that the pause can only affect federal assistance "to the extent permissible under applicable law.
56% : The memo refers to an executive order Trump signed on Jan. 20, which ordered department and agency heads to "immediately pause" new programs and disbursements of development assistance to foreign countries.
51% : On the domestic side, the federal government issues grants for everything from road building to scientific research.
48% : The pause will also likely impact research universities, including the University of Oregon, though the extent of the impact is not yet known.
46% : Those programs are still included in a massive list of government funding streams the Trump administration is reviewing for compliance with his suite of recent executive orders, according to a set of instructions provided to agencies.
39% : U.S. Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, condemned the pause, saying, "if the president gets his way, children and seniors will go hungry, parents will pay more for child care, small businesses won't be able to meet payroll, veterans will lose access to housing and health care, and rural communities won't get the relief they need to prepare for and recover from wildfires and other disasters.
36% : Asked whether Medicaid was cut off as part of OMB's funding pause and whether there was a guarantee that individuals on Medicaid would not be affected, White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said: "I'll check back on that and get back to you.""This is not a blanket pause on federal assistance and grant programs from the Trump administration," Leavitt said during a briefing Tuesday.
12% : Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he was "deeply concerned" by the pause and "will explore any and all legal actions to challenge this harmful order from President Trump.

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