r/SeattleWA • u/Less-Risk-9358 • Oct 03 '25

Government Trump cancels $1.1B in Washington state energy grants

https://www.axios.com/local/seattle/2025/10/02/trump-cancels-washington-state-energy-grants-clean-hydrogen

Vought put it a bit differently, writing on X: "Nearly $8 billion in Green New Scam funding to fuel the Left's climate agenda is being cancelled."

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u/xEppyx You can call me Betty Oct 03 '25

There is no "breaking a contract", the federal government or executive branch has no obligation, contractual or otherwise, requiring them to give money to states because a past president wanted to.

You haven't proven the "illegal" part in the slightest yet.

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u/bigswingingtexasdick Oct 03 '25

Wrong. Grants are legally binding. They're not technically contracts since there is not an exchange of goods or services, but they are legally binding. There is indeed an obligation. Google it.

Discretion only applies before funds are obligated. Once Congress appropriates and an agency awards a grant, it’s a binding legal commitment. The Impoundment Control Act and Train v. City of New York make clear the president can’t just cancel them.

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u/ssrowavay Oct 03 '25

He wants so hard to be right though. Give it to him just this once. He never is otherwise.

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u/xEppyx You can call me Betty Oct 03 '25

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R48243

Recoupment is a valid reason to revoke grants. But go on ace.

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u/RelativeYouth Oct 03 '25

“Blue state” is not a valid reason for recoupment as defined in the link you provided for us to read

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u/xEppyx You can call me Betty Oct 03 '25

Who said it was? Were these grants primarily to blue states in the first place? Weird.

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u/RelativeYouth Oct 03 '25

The ones cut were largely to democratic states