🚧Trump Freezes Transportation Cash: When Roads Become Political
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President Trump used executive orders to halt billions in federal transportation funding, targeting projects linked to climate and equity goals. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy eliminated programs related to "climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, racial equity, gender identity, diversity, equity, and inclusion goals, environmental justice, or the Justice 40 Initiative."
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How much federal transportation funding was potentially at risk under Trump's executive orders?
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Which Transportation Secretary implemented Trump's funding restrictions?
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What constitutional principle was challenged by the funding freeze?
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When did DOT agencies have to submit lists of targeted policies for elimination?
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Which programs were specifically targeted for elimination in transportation funding?
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How quickly did the Trump administration plan to eliminate agency policies?
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What legal challenge did states use against the funding freeze?
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Which executive order targeted DEI programs in federal agencies?
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What happens when courts issue injunctions against executive actions?
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What must projects now demonstrate to receive federal transportation funding?
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Name the bipartisan law that provided much of the frozen transportation funding.
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What executive order number initiated the initial rescissions of Biden policies?
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Which constitutional amendment reserves powers to states that the federal government doesn't explicitly hold?
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What initiative launched by President Biden was specifically targeted for elimination?
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Which Article of the Constitution gives Congress the power to appropriate federal funds?
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Courts blocked some of Trump's transportation funding freezes.
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Trump-voting states were exempted from the transportation funding cuts.
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The funding freeze only affected new transportation projects, not existing ones.
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Transportation for America is a government agency that tracks federal spending.
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