White House Memo on EV Grants Sets Up Fight Over Spending Power
A Toyota Rav-4 Prime charges at a electric vehicle charging station in Hudson, New York.
Photographer: Angus Mordant/BloombergThe White House forcefully rejected a congressional watchdog’s opinion that found the Trump administration illegally delayed funding for electric vehicle infrastructure, setting the stage for a broader constitutional clash over federal spending powers.
In an Tuesday, the White House budget office instructed the Department of Transportation to “pay no heed whatsoever” to the Government Accountability Office.