⚖️GAO finds Trump illegally withheld $2 billion in EV funds
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A May 26 GAO report finds the administration froze $2 billion in congressionally appropriated electric-vehicle grants, echoing the 2019 Ukraine aid scandal and setting up another court clash over budget authority.
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Why This Matters
🌱 Your Climate Tech:
Delays factory re-tooling grants tied to decarbonization goals.
⚖️ Your Separation of Powers:
GAO labels the pause an "impermissible deferral," reviving debates over the 1974 ICA post-Nixon.
📜 Your Precedent:
Could tee up another impeachment article if defiance continues.
💼 Your Local Jobs:
States counting on grants to re-train autoworkers face layoffs.
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Which 2019 incident set a precedent for impeachment inquiry over ICA violations?
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Which House committee chair warned of ‘‘textbook contempt of Congress’’ after GAO’s finding?
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Oversight
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Moody’s warned the hold could cost how many U.S. clean-tech jobs by delaying projects?
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Delayed grants threaten which national goal for EV market share by 2030?
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Climate
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Which court took Michigan’s lawsuit alleging unlawful impoundment?
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Courts
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Which senator compared the EV hold to Nixon’s 1973 EPA fund freezes?
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Which country’s green-subsidy law drew WTO complaints similar to U.S. EV grants?
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