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Dennis Donovan

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Tue Jan 28, 2025, 09:22 AM Jan 28

AP: Trump orders a funding freeze - Medicare and Social Security benefits will be unaffected

AP - Trump orders a funding freeze as his administration reviews federal loans and grants

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Updated 8:57 AM EST, January 28, 2025

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Medicare and Social Security benefits will be unaffected by the pause, according to the memo. But there was no explanation of whether the pause would affect Medicaid, food stamps, disaster assistance and other programs. The memo said it should be implemented “to the extent permissible under applicable law.”

“Are you stopping NIH cancer trials?” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, wrote on social media, referring to the National Institutes of Health.

A briefing with White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, her first, is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET.

Sen. Patty Murray of Washington and Rep. Rose DeLauro of Connecticut, the top Democrats on the Senate and House appropriations committees, expressed “extreme alarm” in a letter to Vaeth.

“This Administration’s actions will have far-reaching consequences for nearly all federal programs and activities, putting the financial security of our families, our national security, and the success of our country at risk,” they wrote.


I modified the subject line to reflect Soc Security & Medicare would be unaffected because I know there are DUers that rely on both.
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