The Trump version of federalism includes shifting more administrative and financial responsibilities onto the states as academics and researchers tally up the losses.
"Since President Trump took office, states have been dealing with the consequences of federal funding disruptions that reach directly into people's lives," said Kelly Rader, research director at the States United Democracy Center.
The States United Democracy Center bills itself as a nonpartisan think tank.
According to research conducted in collaboration with Grant Witness, there have been $177 billion in federal funding disruptions across all 50 states and Washington D.C., spanning 17 policy sectors.
Grant Witness is a nonprofit watchdog organization that tracks federal disruptions to scientific research grants.
"The impact of funding disruptions at this scale cannot be overstated," said Scott Delaney, co-founder of Grant Witness. "These disruptions touch everything from health care and disaster relief to technology and agriculture."
According to the research, states have joined 23 lawsuits to challenge the disruptions and restored $35 billion in disrupted grants.
"The funding disruptions span 17 policy sectors and are being implemented through 16 federal agencies. Health grants have taken the largest hit, with $58.1 billion in disruptions," said the center.
Food and nutrition account for the second largest amount with over $36 billion, disaster relief comes in third with $29.8 billion, followed by environment at $25.9 billion and transportation at $10.6 billion
Those afflicted include 3,494 local governments, 753 school districts, and 437 businesses.
The researchers are mining data from media reports, litigation details, and financial transactions provided by USAspending, a federal database maintained by the U.S. Treasury and the Office of Management and Budget.
"Congress approved this funding, and the Trump administration does not have unilateral authority to simply override those decisions and withhold money from the communities it was meant to serve," said Rader.
The results are further broken down by state with California leading the pack by racking up $17 billion in disrupted funding. Texas comes in a close second with $16 billion. New York has $14 billion. Wyoming has the least at $437 million.
The tallied-up numbers reflect several still unspooling moves by the Trump administration to shrink the size of the federal government.
Starting next month, the states will be responsible for covering 75% of the costs for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a jump up from the 50% they were paying prior to the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
OBBBA also changes the relationship between states and Medicaid funding by requiring them to administer work requirements and step down the tax revenue some states receive from providers.
Transportation watchers are bracing for the end of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law which was extended to Dec. 11 via a continuing resolution.
Public transit advocates are decrying a $4.25 billion cut for public transit and $13.2 reduction for passenger rail as advance appropriations for those sectors have not been approved.
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has already passed their version of the surface transportation reauthorization which provides a combined $580 billion over five years from the highway trust fund and the general fund.
The Senate has yet to release their version of the bill.
Future movements won't be unveiled until after the midterm elections during the lame duck session.
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