You cannot dismantle federal agencies or programs through unilateral executive underfunding and administrative shifts.
Aggressive executive attempts to bypass Congress and dissolve federal departments via spending freezes and inter-agency transfers spark immediate pushback from federal courts and bipartisan legislative coalitions.
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A federal court blocked the administration's unilateral effort to restrict student lending definitions beyond what was written in the statute.
A bipartisan Senate block is advancing to prevent the executive branch from executing a structural redistribution of education assets to HHS.
A lawsuit challenges the administration's unilateral decision to freeze congressionally mandated education research funding as an unlawful impoundment.
Federal courts stepped in to declare a Department of Education rule limiting public benefits unconstitutional and an abuse of administrative power.
A bipartisan Senate coalition organized to legislative block the administration's transfer of OSEP from the Department of Education.
The federal court blocked immediate unilateral layoffs at the CFPB, forcing the administration to submit its restructuring plans to judicial review.
Prominent congressional leaders strongly opposed the unilateral OMB policy changes that would allow the executive to terminate research grants mid-award based on political ideology.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike have challenged the OMB's attempt to exert partisan control and freeze authorized funds, viewing it as a violation of the separation of powers.