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Posted on 10/19/2025 5:51:05 AM PDT by Libloather
The Trump administration is freezing $11 billion in federal funds earmarked mostly for Democrat cities’ infrastructure projects as the government shutdown rolls on with no end in sight.
Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), made the announcement Friday while pinning the shutdown on Democrats, whose actions he said left him with no choice but to halt the spending.
"The Democrat shutdown has drained the Army Corps of Engineers' ability to manage billions of dollars in projects," Vought posted to X.
"The Corps will be immediately pausing over $11 billion in lower-priority projects and considering them for cancellation, including projects in New York, San Francisco, Boston, and Baltimore. More information to come from the Army Corps of Engineers."
New York will be hit hardest, with about $7 billion being frozen. Other affected projects are in Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, New Mexico, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Delaware, the OMB said, according to Reuters.
The money includes $600 million for two aging, federally owned bridges spanning the Cape Cod canal in Massachusetts, which are slated for replacement and carry millions of travelers annually.
The OMB told the outlet President Donald Trump "wants to reorient how the federal government prioritizes Army Corps projects."
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul responded to Vought on X, simply writing, "Good luck with that, Russ. We’ll be in touch."
Maryland Rep. Kweisi Mfume wrote on X that the move is "another example of the Trump Administration placing partisan politics over the welfare of the American people."
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What’s Hochul gonna do? Get a judge to order that the nonexistent money be spent anyway?
Tell her to call (518) 431-4070.
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——placing partisan politics over the welfare of the American people——
One must ask the question....... are the Blue State cities in question still American? Several have in fact become sanctuaries and thus resigned from America.
Since they have resigned, they do not require American money
Democrats shutdown digging there hole deeper by the day loss count mounting.
Except it might endanger someone driving across the bridge.
Much of it was frozen because blue states have been steering contracts to DEI firms, in direct violation of the law, at higher cost than what the taxpayers could get done by better companies.
Have her call one of the televangelist dial-a-prayer numbers.
We need more firings. 4k is a rookie number.
Could be the $100 billion for the proposed bridge across the Columbia to replace 100 year old one is affected. Too bad. And I live near the bridge.
The Left’s Shadow Revolution is being taken down by a multi-pronged attack. And keep your shutdown going too, Dems, this is great.
We are in a revolution, just not the one the Left wants.
“Infrastructure projects” like marijuana plantations for illegal aliens and cellphone ATMs for everyone in the illegal alien family.
There should no federal funds spent i any State with a Sanctuary Policy for Foreign National Criminal Invaders
If a bridge doesn't meet muster, close it to traffic and tell the offending state to open a ferry service, or those impacted could buy a boat.
Yes and other useful things.
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