Critics mount offensive against change to federal grant rules

Roll Call - Opposition is building to a sweeping government-wide crackdown on federal grant awards, with opponents threatening litigation over a proposed rule that would put the grant approval process into the hands of political appointees.

A request for public comment on the rule by the Office of Management and Budget triggered almost half a million responses, most of them opposed to the changes.

Stand Up for Science, a nonprofit advocacy group that organized opposition to the proposed rule, said it was “prepping with our partners for the legal battles to fight OMB in the federal court system” and “doubling down on the pressure it will take to get this Congress to stand up and stop the OMB rule from being implemented.”