Trump and advisers including budget chief Russell Vought have argued that the president has the power to withhold money that Congress orders spent, arguing that a post-Watergate law that limits that power is unconstitutional. Musk’s DOGE team has been unilaterally terminating contracts and pushing to shed federal staff.
Now Democrats say they want assurances from congressional Republicans and the White House that the administration will actually spend the money included in any new law preventing a shutdown.
The current funding law expires after March 14.
“Money is just being pilfered. They’re stealing funds that are supposed to go to American families and businesses,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut), House Democrats’ chief negotiator. “If we’re going to go through the agreement and get the topline and hammer it all out and someone comes along and upends it, that’s what we want to try to avoid.”
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