Trump reups push to eliminate low-income heating assistance program LIHEAP

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Hill

04/03/26 12:38 PM ET


President Trump is once again proposing to eliminate a program that helps low-income people heat and cool their homes. The president’s budget, released Friday, states that the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) should be cut. “For the sixth time, the Budget proposes to end this program,” it said, adding that Trump’s agenda should do enough to lower energy prices and make up the difference.

As of February, people were paying 11 percent more than the same time last year for their gas utilities and 4.8 percent more for electricity. Congress is unlikely to actually enact the cut, as LIHEAP has significant bipartisan support, but the president’s budget is an indicator of his administration’s priorities.

The Trump budget describes LIHEAP as “unnecessary” because states have policies preventing utility shutoffs, “making LIHEAP a passthrough benefiting utility companies.”

“The program rewards States such as New York and California, two of the top recipients for LIHEAP funding, which have implemented anti-energy and anti-consumer policies that drive up home energy prices,” it added. Last year, the Trump administration fired staff who worked on LIHEAP even though the program itself received congressional funding. Democrats on Friday criticized the administration’s proposed cut of the program.

Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5815067-trump-budget-liheap-energy-prices/

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The facts - from Senator Patty Murray -

FACT SHEET: Trump Imperils Program to Help Working Americans Heat and Cool Their Homes

6 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS SERVED BY LIHEAP ANNUALLY

[pandr32]

1. People who struggle to get by are of no use to King Con.

He already manipulates votes and poor people have nothing to fleece.

[orangecrush]

2. Cholesterol, please hurry

[timms139]

3. I wonder a lot

if elected and appointed people ever think about how much they themselves get from the taxpayers when they think about cutting things for regular people . We know they nerver look at the things they could cut on their end to keep things working like unnecessary trips overseas and all the extras they spend on like lobster and flower arrangements. They need to eat like the poor for a year and then look at what needs to be cut .

[Leghorn21]

4. Oh, yeah, I get it now

"...Trump’s agenda should do enough to lower energy prices and make up the difference."

[IcyPeas]

5. I. Hate. This. Man.

California’s governor race has 2 republicans ahead in some polls. California!!

FFS I want to scream! 📢

WAKE UP PEOPLE 📢

[Vinca]

6. I notice some that have the most households served are swing states.

Not that it really matters. Dead from hypothermia is dead in all the states. I can't imagine how much heating oil is going to cost next winter.