"The authors of that law made a fatal error of putting a three-year expiration date on key programs that benefit people outside cars. That sell-by date typically would have been morethan enough time to finalize grant agreements between the feds and communities, but with Trump weaponizing government bureaucracy, the Campaign says his administration is simply running out the clock on programs it doesn't like, until the final deadline arrives when federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30 and wipes the money out."
""Let's be clear: These rescissions are not backed by the majority of Members of Congress or Senators, nor would they ever survive the legislative process," the letter said. "That is precisely why the administration has resorted to circumventing Congress, breaking both precedent and the law in the process. "This is not only a breach of public trust, but a constitutional crisis in real time," the letter continued. "Arbitrary and capricious acts like these rip up the rule of law and undermine the very foundation"
A coalition of transit-justice advocates says the Trump administration is illegally withholding roughly $300 million in multimodal transportation grants funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The coalition argues that a three-year expiration placed on key programs left insufficient time for grant agreements, and administration delays and procedural obstacles are being used to run out the clock so funds will expire on Sept. 30. Advocates call the rescissions unlawful and constitutionally corrosive, asserting they circumvent congressional prerogative and public intent. The coalition urges Congress to reassert its power of the purse, pass a budget, and restore promised community funding.
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