Congressman Cleaver Condemns MAGA Federal Funding Pause

Here's the local angle on deep budget cuts and DEI takeaways as MAGA part deux takes hold . . . 

Kansas City, Missouri, Quinton Lucas weighed in on the issue saying it could impact projects in the city, among others . . .

As part of next steps, Lucas said his office will reach out to U.S. cabinet department heads for more information.

Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II expressed disappointment in the order, calling it among other things "unconstitutional."

"President Trump's unconstitutional order to pause all federal grants, loans, and financial assistance is causing mass confusion and chaos in communities nationwide, including right here in Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District," Cleaver said in part in the statement. "This blatantly unlawful action threatens to freeze federal loans to local small businesses, prevent nonprofits from receiving federal investments that enable critical services for our communities, pause disaster relief funding, and so much more."

Cleaver and dozens of other Democratic lawmakers penned a letter Tuesday to the Trump administration seeking clarity on the extent of the federal funding pause. U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D - Kansas) was among the co-signers on the letter.

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Questions linger for Kansas City-area entities as courts review Trump's pause on federal loans, grants

President Donald Trump's order to pause certain federal loans and grants has entities on both sides of the state line in the Kansas City area concerned about what could come next.

All federal grants and loan disbursement paused by White House | CNN Politics

The White House budget office has ordered a pause on all federal grants and loans, according to an internal memorandum sent Monday.