Republican senators are criticizing the Trump administration’s move to slash transportation funding to blue states such as New York and Massachusetts during a government shutdown.
The Trump administration recently said it would freeze $600 million in funding to help repair two bridges in Cape Cod Canal.
The Army Corps of Engineers has stopped funding for a waterfront park in San Francisco and sewer projects in New York City, The Hill reported.
Other Democrat-leaning states seeing funding cuts include Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, and Rhode Island.
Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., told The Hill that funding authority belongs to Congress and that projects should be funded based on merit, not political retaliation.