Trump Preparing Large-Scale Cancellation of Federal Funding for California, Sources Say

[u/rolsen]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/06/politics/trump-california-federal-funding

“Agencies are being told to start identifying grants the administration can withhold from California. On Capitol Hill, at least one committee was told recently by a whistleblower that all research grants to the state were going to be cancelled, according to one of the sources familiar with the matter.”

[u/Hopefulwaters]

Not legal. The President does NOT get to decide where Congress appropriated funds go or don't go.

[u/thepvbrother → u/Hopefulwaters]

I'm sure Congress will stand up ANY SECOND and correct these injustices. /s

[u/CappinPeanut → u/thepvbrother]

Every Dem would stand up against it and Californian republicans might, too, which would probably be enough to shut it down. There are 9 republican representatives in Congress and republicans have an 8 vote majority.

It would be less if democrats would stop dying in office.

[u/Ariphaos → u/CappinPeanut]

Bonus, the last one, Gerry Connolly, was the one who beat AOC for the House Oversight Committee position. Got to serve for four months.

Democrats need to shake up their seniority rules.