Federal agencies do not need legislation to starve state-level welfare and sanctuary networks.
By leveraging targeted litigation and advanced audit withholdings, the executive branch bypasses legislative gridlock to dismantle progressive local policies.
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The executive branch is bypassing Congress to attach coercive voter-purging and immigration conditions to FEMA disaster relief grants.
The administration bypassed the legislature to starve progressive states of health funding by utilizing aggressive, proactive pre-payment audit withholdings.
The executive branch is bypassing Congress and utilizing targeted litigation to systematically dismantle progressive, state-level tuition policies for undocumented students.
By restricting the regulatory definition of eligible employers, the administration used bureaucratic gatekeeping to target local transgender and immigration sanctuary programs.