Purging 'Equity' Programs, G.O.P. Defunded Its Own Roads

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/us/politics/republicans-transportation-grants.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hU8.oVXQ.nz38RwX1gbyk&smid=url-share

Purging ‘Equity’ Programs, G.O.P. Defunded Its Own Roads
When Republicans repealed a Biden-era “access and equity” grant program for transportation, they canceled funding for projects in some of their own districts.


When the Biden administration created a grant program three years ago to fund transportation projects explicitly dedicated to promoting “neighborhood access and equity,” officials in St. George, Utah, saw an opportunity.

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The Biden administration awarded them $87 million.

Then came Republican control of Washington, and President Trump’s initiative to root out “radical and wasteful government D.E.I. programs.” Republicans in Congress pushed through a sprawling domestic policy bill that rescinded all money awarded through the Biden-era transportation program that had not yet been spent — $3.2 billion in total, including all the funding awarded to St. George.


All told, funding was yanked back for 55 projects, 19 of which had been set to be built in Republican congressional districts, according to federal data obtained by The New York Times. They included rebuilding highways, new underpasses and overpasses, and pedestrian and bike trails. The biggest included in G.O.P.-held districts included $147 million to design and build a 30-mile trail in Jacksonville, Fla., represented by Representative Aaron Bean; and $74.9 million to rebuild a highway in Missoula, Mont., represented by Representative Ryan Zinke; and the project in St. George, represented by Representative Celeste Maloy.

The little-noticed cancellations were yet another instance in recent months of Republican members of Congress aligning themselves with Mr. Trump’s ideological agenda in ways that may work to the detriment of their own constituents. Republicans in Congress also voted last month to allow the president to cancel funding for public broadcasting, including for stations that can be vital lifelines of communication in rural communities, many of them represented by the G.O.P.

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1. So now they are "looking for alternate funding"

Good fuking luck with that. Lots of bridges to nowhere in the future. Fuck them all.

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2. Dont be surprised if GOP tries to quietly slip funds to red states