The Democrat in the Senate is asking the Government Supervisory Authority to check Trump’s discounts abroad
Senator Jeff Merkeley (de Oregi), a member of the Senate Budget Committee and Senior Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, requests to monitor the independent government to analyze the consequences of President Trump’s discounts abroad.
The request explains the government accounting office, a means used by the minority party to practice accountability on Trump’s actions. The Gao is an independent and non -partisan agency working in Congress.
GAO reward can study how to spend taxpayers dollars and provide Congress and federal agencies with fact -based objective information to help the government save money and work efficiently.
In a letter to Gao Observer General Jin Dudaro, Mercli requested a “comprehensive scrutiny” of foreign policy and national security the effects of the deep discounts of the Trump administration for foreign assistance, the US Agency for International Development (the United States Agency for International Development), and efforts to reduce the size of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“The former presidents have placed historically the importance of external assistance as a tool to provide national security,” Mercli wrote. “The recent discounts in the Trump administration were severe humanitarian consequences and eroded our influence worldwide.”
He added: “They reduced America’s ability to showcase soft power, advanced national interests, and to maintain importance in an increasingly competitive political scene.”
In one of his first executive procedures in January, Trump issued a 90 -day external freezing freezing on external assistance pending a clear review. But the administration sent stops to stop to thousands of external aid recipients, which cover a wide range of services from the savior of life, sustainability and the natural spirit that sent the world of aid to chaos.
Over a few months, Elon Musk Technical Billionaires led the so -called government efficiency Ministry (DOGE) to make an effort to close the United States Agency for International Development effectively, reducing an estimated 80 percent of the 40 billion dollar budget reduction and reducing the agency’s employees by approximately 90 percent.
Mercli is said to have a scrutiny as it was reported that the Trump administration is considering plans to reduce the financing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by nearly half.
Democrats in Oregon called on Gao to examine the impact of aid discounts on American diplomatic efforts and global influence, study economic and human impacts, and assess how Russia and China exploit in the absence of external assistance programs.
“Since the Trump administration has decided to maintain a limited number of programs, I am concerned that the American disengagement will provide an opening for opponents such as the People’s Republic of China to achieve major political gains, undermine democratic values, and create economic dependency that will lead to harm to the interests of the United States in the long run.”
Mercury described Trump’s discounts “not only illegal, but unconstitutional.” Democrats in the Senate argue that the executive branch does not carry any authority to dismantle the American Agency for International Development – established by Congress or curbing the funds allocated by the legislature. However, the Court of Appeal last month ruled that Musa and Douj kept the agency closing power.
“While the role of the defendants and their actions related to the US International Development Agency are not traditional, it is not necessarily equal to an unconstitutional,” wrote the American circle judge Marvin Coatbagum.
“None of this means that the plaintiffs will not be able to develop evidence of unconstitutional behavior with the progress of the issue,” he added. “Time will say.”
