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Trump Administration Moves to Cancel Congress-Approved Funding
The Trump administration moved to cancel $810 million in Congress-approved funding, drawing objections from Patty Murray and Susan Collins. Coverage differs between concerns about Congress’s spending authority and descriptions of the targeted spending as wasteful.
Lead article · The Washington Post · CENTERLawmakers slam Trump's move to cancel $810M in funding approved by CongressOUTLETSOUTLETS
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The sides
How each side told it
OUTLETS BY LEAN12 RATED · 1 UNRATED
WHO’S NAMED
THE FRAME33% · AVG CRED 61
“Defending Congress’s spending power”
2 MORE LEFT
Common DreamsSAT 11:27 AMTrump 'Gleefully Eviscerating' Efforts to Help Families With 'Illegal' Pocket RescissionCollinsGood lookCRED 562 ARTICLES FROM COMMON DREAMSRaw StoryFRI 8:19 PMRuss Vought goes too far for Susan Collins as she accuses his office of 'illegal actions'CollinsGood lookCRED 532 ARTICLES FROM RAW STORY
People · 2 MEMBERS
Who’s in it, and how each side portrayed them
Collins and Murray were named together by 4 of 13 outlets. Counted by outlet.
GOODMIXEDNEUTRALBADCOUNTED BY OUTLET
R · ME · APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR
Called the administration’s cancellation of $810 million in congressionally approved funding unlawful and said she would work with colleagues to respond.
NAMED BY 13 OF 13
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▲ MOSTLY GOOD2 OF 3 OUTLETSLeft-leaning outlets: mostly good, 2 of 3 outlets.
CENTER
▲ MOSTLY GOOD5 OF 7 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly good, 5 of 7 outlets.
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◇ SPLITACROSS 2 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: split across 2 outlets (1 good · 1 bad).
D · WA · APPROPRIATIONS RANKING MEMBER
Condemned the administration’s cuts as an infringement on Congress’s spending authority.
NAMED BY 4 OF 13
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◆ MIXED1 OF 1 OUTLETLeft-leaning outlets: mixed, 1 of 1 outlet.
CENTER
▲ MOSTLY GOOD3 OF 3 OUTLETSCenter outlets: mostly good, 3 of 3 outlets.
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NOT NAMED0 OUTLETSRight-leaning outlets: not named.
Timeline · 4 DAYS
When each side picked it up
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LEFTCENTERRIGHTRIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 15H AFTER THE FIRST REPORTRIGHT-LEANING OUTLETS ARRIVED 15H AFTER THE FIRST REPORT
When each side picked it up. left-leaning: 5 articles, first fri 8:19 pm. center: 7 articles, first fri 8:05 pm. right-leaning: 2 articles, first sat 11:34 am, 15 hours after the first report. unrated: 1 article, first mon 7:18 pm.
In their own words · 1 statement
What the members said themselves
FROM MEMBERS’ OFFICES · NOT COUNTED AS COVERAGE
Press releases from members’ offices. Kept apart from news and not counted as coverage.
Releases collected by Congress Press ↗ (Derek Willis, MIT License)
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