- NIST to lose 100's of mainly CHIPS Act people - If no people are left to administer CHIPS Act it dies by default - Following USAID play book to kill an unwanted program - Using the
Again, unconstitutional (and oddly, it’s a bipartisan law and would hurt some GOP congressmen). I get the sense the current Congress wants a repeal it, though, and this let’s them not take heat over it. It’s also faster and direct than having Congress do anything about it, ignoring red tape and proper procedure and filibusters. Even without Musk and Trump illegality, CHIPS was probably doomed with a trifecta GOP Congress.
The only silver lining is that USAID and CHIPS can be tried again under another administration (assuming we have another election), probably without Congressional approval since it was never undone properly in the first place. But that’s nothing given just how many people are going to die in 4 years because of all this stupidity.
Again, unconstitutional (and oddly, it’s a bipartisan law and would hurt some GOP congressmen). I get the sense the current Congress wants a repeal it, though, and this let’s them not take heat over it. It’s also faster and direct than having Congress do anything about it, ignoring red tape and proper procedure and filibusters. Even without Musk and Trump illegality, CHIPS was probably doomed with a trifecta GOP Congress.
The only silver lining is that USAID and CHIPS can be tried again under another administration (assuming we have another election), probably without Congressional approval since it was never undone properly in the first place. But that’s nothing given just how many people are going to die in 4 years because of all this stupidity.