Well, howdy there, internet people, it's bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump giving up on his education funding freeze.

For some still kind of unknown reason, the Trump administration withheld billions in

congressionally approved funds for schools. The money was for everything, from training teachers to summer programs, to programs for English learners.

It was just frozen by the administration, even though in many cases it had already been committed.

The $6.8 billion freeze occurred just weeks before school started,

leaving communities all over the country scrambling for funding. Just one of the after-school programs

affected is used by about 1.4 million children. Almost half the country sued, literally almost half the

states, to include some of the most populous states sued. The suit was based around the idea

that Trump broke with the Constitution because Congress controls the purse strings, and that the

impoundment control act of 1974 prohibits the President from withholding congressionally approved

funding. Trump engaged in an abrupt about face and has restored that funding after coming to an

agreement with the states in question.

California's Attorney General said, quote,

The Trump administration upended school programs across the country when it recklessly withheld

vital education funding just weeks before the school year was set to begin.

Fortunately, after we filed our lawsuit, the Trump administration backed down and released the

funding it had previously withheld.

Now, the obvious question is, why did Trump reverse course?

The simple answer is normally the right one.

It was incredibly unlikely that he would win.

Congress controls the money.

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