The US Democratic legislators protested against the changes of the administration of President Donald Trump in government agencies and said they would put resistance during negotiations in Congress.
The Democratic leadership of Congress warned President Donald Trump on Tuesday that they would use the next conversations about government financing as a lever to fight against administration in government agencies in the United States.
Democratic warnings occur when the Government Efficiency Department (Doge in English), led by Elon Musk, transferred the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under the control of the United States State Department at the beginning of this week.
The administration has said that They are reviewing USAID foreign assistance activities to “make sure they are aligned with a first -class agenda.”
“Whatever is doing Doge, it is not democracy,” said Senate Leader Chuck Schumer to journalists on Tuesday. “We know how democracy is. It is in view of everyone. It is not a secret.”
Democrats could oppose some of the most recent changes in the United States government retaining voting on a new expense bill. A continuous short -term resolution that keeps the government in operation will expire next March 14.
The Democrats of Congress protested Monday in front of the closed Usaid offices, saying that the Trump administration had exceeded its authority.
“If you want to change an agency, it presents a bill and approve a law,” said Democratic Senator Brian Schatz. “You cannot dismiss an agency that you do not like or with which you do not agree through an executive order, or literally breaking into the building and taking control of the servers. This is not how the US government system works.”
USAID manages tens of billions of dollars in US foreign assistance programs.
“The Constitution demands that the financing be spent by the President and the Administration,” the Democratic leader of the Hakeem Jeffries Representatives Chamber of Representatives said. “The Constitution demands that the President have the responsibility to take care that the laws are executed faithfully. The spending agreements approved through the process of allocation of funds are law, and when these laws are violated, the Constitution is violated, so that A wave of fair litigation has been unleashed. “
The Republicans of Congress have expressed their support for attempts to eliminate fraud and abuse in the American aid system.
“I do not think they are closing an agency, but I think they have the right to review the financing and how these decisions are made and what priorities are being financed,” said the leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune, to journalists the journalists Tuesday. “I think that is probably true in any administration. When they arrive, there are many authorized programs and financed through that agency, some of which I think are working in the way it was intended, others not.”
The White House criticized the projects funded by USAID that support the initiatives of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and other efforts that, as it argues, are a waste of taxpayers' funds.
“If there is a mass fraud, if the funds are not being directed to where Congress has assigned them and the president has signed, then we must know,” said Roger Wicker, president of the Senate's armed forces, to the US news chains CNN and CBS on Monday.
“I have felt for a long time that Usaid is our way of fighting the belt and route initiative, which is China's effort to really gain influence worldwide, including Africa, South America and the Western hemisphere,” Wicker continued.
“Therefore, we need an aid program that lives up to the Chinese effort, but it must be done in a way that those responsible for the policies of the United States have decided that it should be done.”
Schumer said Tuesday to support efforts to eliminate fraud and abuse, but criticized the speed and secret of the process.