Executive Branch

White House Clarifies Executive Order Pausing IRA Disbursements

The Office of Management and Budget said the order only applied to some programs under the Inflation Reduction Act.
White House Clarifies Executive Order Pausing IRA Disbursements
The White House in Washington on Feb. 15, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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The White House Office of Management and Budget released a memo this week clarifying what authorized allocations can potentially be rescinded from the Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law under a Jan. 20 executive order issued by President Donald Trump.

The Jan. 21 memo from Acting Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Matthew Vaeth essentially claws back some rescission ambitions to pull the plug on billions of appropriations.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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