Trump Will Redirect Billions In Unspent Funds From Biden's Climate Law To 'Real Infrastructure'

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Trump notably diverted nearly $10 billion from the Department of Defense budget to border wall infrastructure at the southern border during his first administration.
49% : Trump vowed to repeal Biden's $1.2 trillion climate law and rescind all unspent funds on the campaign trail, dubbing the IRA the "Green New Scam" in a speech at the New York Economic Club in September.
46% : (RELATED: Biden-Harris Admin Taps Org That Backs Open Borders, Reparations To Help Dole Out Taxpayer Dollars In Red States)The Biden-Harris Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may leave the Trump administration with at least $3.5 billion in unspent IRA funds, including more than $1.5 billion in "environmental justice" grant spending, according an EPA press release from Aug. 16, which stated the agency is on track to obligate more than $38 billion of its IRA funding by Dec. 31.
45% : (RELATED: Millions Of Taxpayers Dollars Intended For Border Wall Are Just Sitting There, Watchdog Reveals)The IRA, which passed on party-line votes with no Republican support, appropriated nearly $105 billion for "climate" spending.
44% : Trump could also seek to withhold unspent IRA funds, which would directly challenge the 1974 Impoundment Control Act (ICA) that requires the executive branch to spend the entire amount of a congressional appropriation.
39% : The EPA declined to comment on the DCNF's inquiry about whether the agency plans to announce additional grant awards and formally commit the remaining "environmental justice" IRA funds to nonprofit entities before Trump takes office.
35% : We will overturn it," Trump said in a campaign video vowing to revive the president's authority to impound a congressional appropriation in June 2023.

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