GAO reasserts pocket rescissions' illegality after Trump uses tactic to cancel nearly $1B
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reasserted on Tuesday that President Trump’s use of a “pocket rescission” to cancel $810 million in federal funding was unlawful. The letter by the government watchdog's lead attorney, Edda Emmanuelli Perez, outlined under the Impoundment Control Act

<p>The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reasserted on Tuesday that President Trump’s use of a “pocket rescission” to cancel $810 million in federal funding was unlawful. The letter by the government watchdog's lead attorney, Edda Emmanuelli Perez, outlined under the Impoundment Control Act </p>