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This resolution urges the President and Congress to maintain full funding for critical social support programs that benefit low-income communities. The document highlights concerns about potential funding cuts or impoundment (withholding) of federal funds for essential programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, and housing assistance. It references the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, which restricts the executive branch from unilaterally withholding congressionally approved funds, and emphasizes the potential negative consequences of reducing these funds, such as increased poverty, food insecurity, homelessness, and worsened health outcomes for vulnerable populations including seniors, children, individuals with disabilities, and low-income families. The resolution calls for transparency in federal funding decisions and affirms Congress's constitutional power of the purse, ultimately requesting that federal leaders fully comply with congressional intent in appropriating and distributing funds to the neediest communities in Illinois and across the United States. As a final step, the resolution directs that copies be sent to key federal leadership, including the President, Senate and House leaders, and Illinois's congressional delegation.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=103&GAID=18&DocTypeID=SR&SessionID=114&GA=104