District 2, covering vast Eastern Oregon and represented by Oregon's only Republican, Rep. Cliff Bentz, has the second most, with 7,887. Districts 1, 3 and 5, containing much of the Portland metro area, have a total of 15,730 employees. Washington's third district, containing Vancouver, has 10,104 federal employees.
Oregon and 22 other states are suing the Trump administration after it ordered an abrupt freeze to many federal payments, leaving state agencies unable to access reimbursements for Medicaid and child care programs and sending state officials scrambling to determine the total effect.
Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield said he was "deeply concerned" by the pause and "will explore any and all legal actions to challenge this harmful order from President Trump."
Oregon’s congressional delegation as well as other lawmakers in the region, reacted to the Trump administration’s freeze on federal grants and loans Tuesday.A f
A directive to freeze federal aid was widely decried by Democrats, but there was little clarity on what it will actually do.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek says she will uphold state law prohibiting government officials and police from helping federal immigration officers.
The online system for federal health funding warned of delays due to executive orders after the Trump administration announced a freeze.
Before taking questions at her first news briefing, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt gave an update she said came “directly” from President Donald Trump.
President Donald Trump's plan to put a freeze on federal funding was rescinded by his administration on Wednesday after being blocked by a federal judge. However, that doesn't mean the chaos is over.
Anderson woke up to the news on her social media feed that President Trump froze all federal funding, confusing her as it did most Americans.
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