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Democrats Show How WI Could Block Trump’s Illegal Cuts

By UpNorthNews Staff

June 10, 2025

Wisconsin Democrats introduced bills in the state Legislature meant to show how it could avoid some of the massive, possibly illegal cuts President Donald Trump is making to federal funding.

Some of what Trump is doing is known as impoundment, a trick President Richard Nixon tried in 1974, where a president claws back federal money that was already allocated by Congress, either in the current budget or a past one. Courts made clear that Congress has the power of the purse and presidents cannot act unilaterally to undo their work.

One of the bills’ sponsors, State Sen. Chris Larson (D-Milwaukee), said on our radio show that Democrats want the state to withhold payments to the federal government if needed to offset attempts at federal cuts.

Another bill in the package would limit how the state shares sensitive personal data with the federal government, to ensure it’s done through a legal request.

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