Trump and Vought Are Stealing From the Kids' Fund to Pay for a Ballroom

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He cancelled the funding. The children were still eating.

Editorial cartoon by Hector Rentier: Trump and Vought Are Stealing From the Kids' Fund to Pay for a Ballroom

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Published
Pen name
Hector Rentier
Primary entities
Donald Trump, Office of Management and Budget, Susan Collins, Patty Murray, Government Accountability Office, Russell Vought, U.S. Supreme Court
Themes
executive-legislative-relations, federal-budget-process, appropriations-power
Floor values engaged
Accountability of power