Posted on 02/16/2025 6:44:30 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
House Democrats are leading an effort to fight President Trump’s sweeping overhaul of the federal government through a task force that could lead to lawsuits against the administration, representing states that receive more than $231.5 billion of federal funding.
That is about 15% of all government funding for states and territories.
Launched by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group includes Reps. Joe Neguse of Colorado, Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Gerald E. Connolly of Virginia and Jamie Raskin of Maryland.
Democrats are attempting to keep up with the White House’s rapid-fire pace of executive orders by forming coalitions on Capitol Hill and finding allied organizations nationwide to file lawsuits to halt the momentum of Mr. Trump’s agenda.
Mr. Jeffries in a letter to his colleagues early last week described the group as part of a “multifaceted struggle to protect and defend everyday Americans from the harm being inflicted by this administration.”
Mr. Jeffries confirmed on MSNBC on Friday that more than 65 lawsuits have been filed related to at least 25 executive orders issued by Mr. Trump.
“And the American people are actually winning those lawsuits and Donald Trump and his administration are losing. We have to keep that up,” Mr. Jeffries said.
As Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency seek ways to hack away at waste and abuse in the federal government, the Democratic lawmakers’ states have the most to lose from federal spending cuts, as many federal employees work in their states and districts.
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Makes it easy to identify which states need a cut.
A circular firing squad in chaos. Good for them. Keep them busy enough to bring their fort to splinters.
We built Gitmo for a time and people as such.
So if a state gets $231 billion in tax dollars every year then in a five-year period it would be substantially over a TRILLION bucks, what a mess.
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No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, lay any Duty of Tonnage, keep Troops, or Ships of War in time of Peace, enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, or engage in War, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent Danger as will not admit of delay.
Thanks for helping out yourselves!
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Democratic lawmakers’ states have the most to lose from federal spending cuts.
The way their states are ran it’s just cause to lose federal spending because the money is going to all the wrong places.
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