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points by jeremyjh 2 days ago | 0 comments

No, those are the talking points you are fed. The appropriation act assigns specific dollar amounts to specific program types and countries or regions. US AID would allocate to specific providers/NGO programs but its not like there were any substitutions made. They just stopped the flow of dollars with no warning. More than 81% of programs were simply stopped and the funds expired without being spent.

For 2025 there was a continuing resolution to keep funding at 2024 levels.

The 2024 bill[1] section 7019 references the state division document[2], which has the spending by category, the tables start on page 20.

[1] - http://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240318/WDI39597.PDF

[2] - https://docs.house.gov/billsthisweek/20240318/Division%20F%2...

[–] rayiner 2 days ago

But in mid-2025 there was a bill that rescinded already appropriated funds: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4

And for 2026 the appropriations bills allocated the money directly to the state department.

[–] jeremyjh 2 days ago

Yes, after the laws were broken congress said daddy Trump can break laws. But they didn't rescind everything. $4B expired because it was unspent. That is a crime, and it has name, and that name is impoundment.

Also, are you going to even acknowledge that your previous deflections were completely incorrect, and that you just reflexively moved to a new deflection that is also incorrect?

[–] rayiner 2 days ago

> Yes, after the laws were broken congress said daddy Trump can break laws

The impoundment control act specifically provides for Congress to resend previously appropriate spending if the president doesn’t want to spend it. nothing in the empowerment control act that clearly prevents the president from freezing spending for a short period within a single given budget year before asking Congress to resend particular appropriations.

[–] jacquesm 2 days ago

You just can't do it, can you? Take the L man, you just got schooled and you refuse to admit it.

[–] rayiner 2 days ago

You are mistaken about how the impoundment process works.

[–] jacquesm 2 days ago

I suggest you read:

https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/u-s-foreign-aid-fre...

[–] rayiner 2 days ago

I suggest you read the actual appropriations bills. E.g. https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/4665...

The USAID budget in 2024 was almost $35 billion annually. If you search the budget bill for amounts “apportioned to” USAID, you will not find $35 billion of annual budget authority specifically to USAID. Much of USAID’s funding is appropriated to the President and apportioned to State. State has broad powers to transfer the funds: https://uscode.house.gov/us/usc/119-134/t22/s2675/

There is a complex web of statues and regulations that applies to the state department specifically. There is a reason these lawsuits have not gone anywhere.

[–] bosshawg 2 days ago

> > are you going to even acknowledge that your previous deflections were completely incorrect