Live Breaking News & Updates on Pendinga policy decision

general counsel mark powletta claims the office withheld the money as a temporary need to see whether the spending complied with u.s. policy and not a political effort to block congress's spending decision. the letter explains that the office frequently puts temporary holds on money already signed into law and the aid was pause, in response to an administrative directive, quote, pending a policy decision, beginning back on june 19. now the budget office extended a temporary hold on the aid eight times in august, and september, the memo states that the money was released almost immediately after the final pause on september 10th. and according to an administration official, he authorized the repeated delays while awaiting a decision from the president. the new memo represents the administration's fullest explanation to date as to why the money was originally withheld. and u.s. prosecutors are seeking to revoke bail for lev parnas, an associate of rudy giuliani, for lying about a $1 million

Us , Spending , Effort , Congress , Mo-ney , Office , Letter , Mark-powletta , Spending-decision , Policy , White-house-office-of-management-and-budget , Need