Cancelling grants and funding on the basis of DEI constitutes discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, and other qualities, the organizations claimed.
It’s needed, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West contends, to shore up vital health care services threatened by reductions in federal subventions and the state budget’s own deficits.
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Uwa Ede-Osifo,
Dallas Morning News,
21 Mar. 2026
The program is set to expand nationwide to include other public transport drivers, while fuel subsidies will also be extended to fishermen and farmers.
Beyond the War Powers Resolution, lawmakers also have power over the appropriations process and could deny the administration’s request to boost military funding.
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Ana Ceballos
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Mar. 2026
As a stopgap, lawmakers can agree to independently finance TSA agent payrolls—separating appropriations for what already has bipartisan support, and what remains controversial.
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