Trump's order to cut main street lending program earns GOP rebuke - POLITICO

Republican lawmakers are expressing apprehension over a plan by the Trump administration to gut federal spending on a program some have called a "lifeline" for small businesses in districts and states they represent...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/19/trump-cut-cdfi-bipartisan-lending-00237599

 

White House targets small banks serving poor neighborhoods often in GOP states - The Washington Post

Community lenders fear cuts to a federal program that's designed to boost lending in poor areas...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/18/trump-targets-banks-republican-districts-crapo/