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Separately, a group of transgender plaintiffs led by advocacy organizations and the American Civil Liberties Union sued to block Mr. Trump’s order to defund gender-transition treatments for people under the age of 19.
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Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Syndication advocates pressed Congress to defund the IRS crackdown.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025
Discussions over changing the funding structure fell by the wayside after Tea Party candidates swept into Congress in 2010 and began efforts to defund the clinics.
—Katie Benner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Another effort to defund the endowment led by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich during the 1990s also failed, as well as an attempt made by Donald Trump during his first term as President.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
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Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Syndication advocates pressed Congress to defund the IRS crackdown.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 18 Feb. 2025
Discussions over changing the funding structure fell by the wayside after Tea Party candidates swept into Congress in 2010 and began efforts to defund the clinics.
—Katie Benner, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Another effort to defund the endowment led by then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich during the 1990s also failed, as well as an attempt made by Donald Trump during his first term as President.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Defund.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defund. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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