Federal computer systems that were in Pennsylvania on Tuesday were restored, and the administration of President Donald Trump on Wednesday canceled a controversial note, ordering a Pausa of billion dollars in federal payments that caused chaos through They were threatened and the groups thought about the law to block him.
Governor Josh Shapiro said at a press conference on Wednesday that access to payment systems for Medicaid, a database in the development of CareerLink employees and the HEAD START Kindergarten suppliers were restored tardy on Tuesday evening, after he said that they were previously unavailable that day in Pennsylvania and other states after releasing the note.
He also repeated his criticism that Trump’s administration intended to cause confusion in the whole country, issuing a note with a slight explanation.
“Don’t let anyone say that it was a technical fault,” said Shapiro, a democrat. “They were very targeted, trying to having havoc in our communities and stop these federal dollars from our states.”
It was not immediately clear how long federal computer systems remained on Tuesday, and the White House said that the failure had no Medicaid payments.
The confusion began on Monday, when the management and budget office initially ordered all federal funds – including those already awarded by the Congress – from 17:00 to the review, to ensure that Trump’s Trump, adapted to the last executive orders, limiting diversity, own capital and own capital and inclusion initiative and environmental efforts. The federal judge quickly blocked the directive before entering into force on Tuesday evening, and the Trump administration on Wednesday completely canceled the order.
Federal financing accounts for about 40% of Pennsylvania’s annual expenses, with a total value of almost $ 49 billion in the current tax year. These funds are often used by state governments or go to local governments to pay for necessary services, such as highway repairs, food programs, public education and many others. Non -profit organizations, universities and universities also involve federal financing of everything, from cancer research to providing social care services.
General prosecutors of 22 states submitted a separate trial questioning the constitutionality of the directive on Tuesday evening, including the Prosecutor General New Jersey Matt Platkin, Democrat.
The recent prosecutor general Pennsylvania Dave Sunday, a Republican, did not join the lawsuit and issued a statement on Wednesday afternoon, saying that the last day spent the assessment of the influence of federal freezing on Pennsylvania and “expressing concerns for the relevant officials.”
“I am grateful that the president quickly recognized the importance of this financing for people and organizations of the Nations Community.” Sunday said.
While the note was repealed on Wednesday, the confusion that caused did not end with this.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on x The fact that his main goal was still stood: federal funds are still frozen for financing related to the last executive orders of Trump “and will be rigorously implemented”.
Meanwhile, a first -year student of Dave McCormick (R., Pa.) he wrote on the platform that “he is grateful to all Pennsylvanians who have reached out about the break of administration expenditure in the last 24 hours.”
“The pause has been repealed. Your contribution made a difference- thank you, “wrote McCormick.
Shapiro said on x In response to the withdrawal of the note that the full -day chaos he created for leaders throughout the country was “reckless and unnecessary”.
“PRO Note: Next time the administration should do homework instead of turning off critical payment systems,” added Shapiro.
