The White House has dropped its attempt to move forward with a controversial plan to eliminate up to $4 billion in foreign aid funding without congressional approval, several officials confirmed
A source familiar told CNN that it was President Donald Trump's decision not to move forward with the plan. The move represents another change of course from the White House on a major policy front.With his pursuit of foreign aid cuts scrapped, Trump also conceded one of the last remaining battles of the year to demonstrate his administration has tried to address the ballooning deficit.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a California Democrat, wrote to Mnuchin on Friday requesting that he"work within the Administration to stop this proposed rescission which states is illegal, which violates the good faith of our budget negotiations, which important Republicans say is ill-advised, and which overrides Congress' most fundamental Constitutional power.
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