Trump funding freeze could disrupt education, housing, disaster aid

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

82% : Trump pledged government support when he visited both places last week.
61% : U.S. Representative Tom Emmer, the No. 3 Republican in the House of Representatives, said Trump was simply following through on his campaign promises.
49% : As part of last week's 90-day foreign aid suspension, the administration moved on Tuesday to stop the distribution of drugs for HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, as well as medical supplies for newborn babies, in countries supported by the United States Agency for International Development.
49% : That money plays an especially large role in low-income states such as Louisiana and Mississippi that voted for Trump by wide margins in the November election.
48% : "From pausing research on cures for childhood cancer to halting food assistance, safety from domestic violence, and closing suicide hotlines, the impact of even a short pause in funding could be devastating and cost lives," Diane Yentel, president and CEO of the National Council of Nonprofits, one of the four groups that sued on Tuesday, said in a statement.
43% : "The U.S. Constitution gives Congress control over spending matters, but Trump said during his campaign that he believes the president has the power to withhold money for programs he dislikes.
41% : It was not clear whether Medicaid would be affected.
39% : Trump's Republican allies have been pushing for dramatic spending cuts, though he has promised to spare Social Security and Medicare, which make up roughly one-third of the budget.
31% : In a blizzard of executive actions, Trump has shuttered all diversity programs, imposed a hiring freeze, sent national security officials home and sought to strip away job protections from thousands of civil servants.
28% : "During his first 2017-2021 term, Trump sought to redirect spending to border enforcement, prompting a standoff with Congress that led to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

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